Reagent set for detecting interactions between biomolecules and their regulatory factors, and applications

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses a reagent set for detecting interactions between biomolecules and their regulatory factors and applications. One reagent set disclosed in the present invention consists of three reagents named A, B and C; the reagent A is formed by connecting a biomolecule R and a biomolecule X; the reagent B contains a biomolecule L; there is an interaction between the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L, and a phase transition occurs when the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L interact; the reagent C is formed by connecting a reporter group JIA with a biomolecule named XL. Another reagent set disclosed in the present invention consists of four reagents named A, B, E and D; the reagent E is a polymer formed by E monomers, and the E monomer is obtained by connecting a monomer mc, a reporter group JIA, and a biomolecule YC, two or more mc monomers can form a polymer; the reagent D is formed by connecting a modified protein XL and a biomolecule YD; there is an interaction between the biomolecule YC and the biomolecule YD. The present invention can be used to detect the intracellular and extracellular protein interaction or even the weak interaction and has the characteristics of high visibility, simple operation, low cost, high sensitivity and wide applicability.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a National Phase of International ApplicationNumber PCT/CN2018/113300, filed Nov. 1, 2018, and claims the priority ofChina Application No. 201711079545.6, filed Nov. 6, 2017, and ChinaApplication No. 201711315673.6, filed Dec. 12, 2017, and ChinaApplication No. 201810862836.0, filed Aug. 1, 2018.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a reagent set for detectinginteractions between biomolecules and their regulatory factors andapplications in the field of biotechnology.

BACKGROUND ART

As a property of matter, “phase transition” has been widely known in thefield of physics and daily life. In recent years, scientists havediscovered that the phase transition (or phase separation) mechanismalso exists widely in biological cells, and plays an important role inspatiotemporal regulation of cell cycle.

Current research has found that when a multivalent macromolecule insolution interacts with its multivalent ligand, it is easy to produce alarger complex and the larger complex generally has a reduced solubilityand thus separated from the ordinary solution phase to form acomplex-rich, independent liquid phase (referred to as a second phase todistinguish it from the original solution phase). This transformationprocess is called “liquid-liquid phase separation”. In thistransformation process, the valence of the multivalent molecule refersto the number of binding regions contained in the macromolecule or inits ligand that can interact with each other. For protein interactions,multivalent proteins and their multivalent ligands will also undergo a“liquid-liquid phase separation” (referred to as “phase transition” forsimplicity) phenomenon in vitro, which can produce a normal solutionphase and a protein-rich, viscous liquid phase (i.e., a second phase).It can be seen under the microscope that the protein-rich liquid phasecontains a large number of small droplets (i.e., phase transitiondroplets), and the droplets can be as large as micron-scale or larger indiameter and have a relatively high recognition. For example,multivalent SH3 (SRC homology 3 domain) and its multivalent ligand PRM(proline-rich motif) can undergo a phase transition at a certainconcentration, while PRMH, which has a higher affinity for SH3, canundergo a stronger phase transition with SH3.

In organisms, the interaction between a protein and its ligand is themain way a protein performs its function. Under physiologicalconditions, the interaction between proteins exists in a form of dynamicequilibrium, and the dissociation constant (Kd) is often used tocharacterize the strength of protein interactions. According to thedifferent Kd values, protein interactions are generally divided intostable interaction and transient interaction. The former corresponds toa Kd value ranging from pM to μM, and the latter corresponds to a Kdvalue more than 1 μM. Basically, transient interactions between proteinscan be considered as weak protein interactions. The interactions betweenmodified proteins (including methylation/demethylation,acetylation/deacetylation, phosphorylation/dephosphorylation,ubiquitination/deubiquitination, glycosylation/deglycosylation, etc.)and their ligands are mostly weak interactions. This weak interactionplays an important role in cellular signal transduction and cell cycleregulation, etc. For example, the weak interaction between aphosphorylated protein and its ligand can realize the transfer ofphosphate groups in the signal pathway, and the weak interaction betweena methylated histone and its ligand can regulate the expression ofgenes. It indicates that studying the weak interactions between proteinshelps to understand important cytological processes. However, currentlythe weak interactions between proteins are still difficult to detect.

In biological cells, the interaction between intrinsically disorderedproteins/regions (referred to as IDPs/IDRs for short) is an importantmechanism driving the phase transition. The intrinsically disorderedproteins/regions refer to as a class of proteins/protein regions thathave no stable and ordered secondary and/or tertiary structure underphysiological conditions, and do not fold in whole or in part in thenatural state, but can normally perform biological functions. They existwidely in organisms and play important roles in cellular signaltransduction and protein interaction networks. The disordered domainsusually have preference in amino acid composition, such as rich in polaramino acids such as G. P, E, S, Q, K, D, T, and R and aromatic aminoacids such as Y and F. It was found that the N-terminus of nucleoporinNUP98 anchored to the nuclear pore complex contains IDRs which canmediate the occurrence of phase transitions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is how todetect interactions between biomolecules and how to detect the influenceof regulatory factors on the interactions between biomolecules. Afurther technical problem to be solved is how to detect weakinteractions between proteins, especially the interactions betweenpost-translationally modified proteins and their ligands.Post-translational modification refers to the covalent modificationprocess that occurs on specific amino acid residues of proteins afterthe protein translation process. At present, more than 300post-translational modifications have been found and the common onescontain methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitination,glycosylation, etc. The modification process opposite to proteinpost-translational modification is protein de-modification, such asdemethylation, deacetylation, dephosphorylation, deubiquitination,deglycosylation, etc.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present inventionfirst provides a reagent set for detecting interactions betweenbiomolecules and detecting the influence of regulatory factors on theinteractions between biomolecules. The reagent set is named reagent set1, which consists of three reagents named A, B and C, respectively;

the reagent A is formed by connecting a biomolecule named R and abiomolecule named X;the reagent B contains a biomolecule named L;the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L are the same or different andthere is an interaction between the two, and a phase transition occurswhen the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L interact;the reagent C is formed by connecting a reporter group named JIA with abiomolecule named X_(L);the biomolecule X is a protein, a nucleic acid, or a polysaccharide; thebiomolecule X_(L) is a protein, a nucleic acid, or a polysaccharide.

In the above reagent set 1, it is unknown whether there is aninteraction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L), and thereagent set 1 can be used to detect or assist in detecting whether thereis an interaction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L).

In the above reagent set 1, there is an interaction between thebiomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L), and the reagent set 1 can beused to identify or assist in identifying a regulatory factor for theinteraction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L).

The present invention further provides a reagent set for detectingwhether there is an interaction between a protein named X and a modifiedprotein named X_(L), which is named reagent set 3 (i.e., the reagent set1 in Chinese Patent Application No. 201711315673.6), and the reagent set3 consists of four reagents named A, B, E (i.e., the reagent C inChinese Patent Application No. 201711315673.6) and D, respectively;

the reagent A is formed by connecting a biomolecule named R and abiomolecule named X; the biomolecule X is a protein:the reagent B contains a biomolecule named L:the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L are the same or different andthere is an interaction between the two, and a phase transition occurswhen the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L interact;the reagent E is a polymer formed by E monomers (i.e., the C monomers inChinese Patent Application No. 201711315673.6), and the E monomer is thefollowing c1) or c2):c1) a molecule obtained by connecting a monomer named mc, a reportergroup named JIA, and a biomolecule named Y_(C), two or more mc monomerscan form a polymer;c2) a molecule obtained by ligating a tag to c1);the reagent D is formed by connecting a modified protein named X_(L) anda biomolecule named Y_(D);there is an interaction between the biomolecule Y_(C) and thebiomolecule Y_(D).

In the above reagent set 3, both the biomolecule Y_(C) and thebiomolecule Y_(D) can be proteins.

In the above reagent set 3, the biomolecule Y_(C) can be the followingY11), Y12) or Y13):

Y11) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions362-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19;Y12) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or additionof one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shownin positions 362-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19 in the Sequence Listing and havingthe same function;Y13) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminusor/and C-terminus of Y11) or Y12).

The biomolecule Y_(D) can be the following Y21), Y22) or Y23):

Y21) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions22-29 of SEQ ID NO: 23:Y22) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or additionof one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shownin positions 22-29 of SEQ ID NO: 23 in the Sequence Listing and havingthe same function;Y23) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminusor/and C-terminus of Y21) or Y22).

Wherein, KKETPV as shown in positions 22-29 of SEQ ID NO: 23 interactswith PDZ as shown in positions 362-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, the biomolecule R containsa binding region named binding region 1; the biomolecule L contains abinding region named binding region 2; and the interaction between thebiomolecule R and the biomolecule L is realized by the binding region 1and the binding region 2, and both the number of the binding region 1 inthe biomolecule R and the number of the binding region 2 in thebiomolecule L can be greater than or equal to 2.

Wherein, the binding region 1 and the binding region 2 are both bindingregions, and the binding region refers to the smallest unit ofinteraction between biomolecules through non-covalent bonds. When thereare two or more binding regions between the biomolecule R and thebiomolecule L, if the binding regions in the biomolecule R are notcompletely the same, all the binding regions in the biomolecule R arecollectively referred to as the binding region 1, and if the bindingregions in the biomolecule L are not completely the same, all thebinding regions in the biomolecule L are collectively referred to as thebinding region 2.

Both the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L are multivalent molecules.Wherein, the valence of a multivalent molecule refers to the number ofbinding regions contained in one molecule that can bind to anothermolecule when the molecules interact with each other. For thebiomolecule R, the valence of the biomolecule R is the number of thebinding region 1, and for the biomolecule L, the valence of thebiomolecule L is the number of the binding region 2.

The biomolecule R and the biomolecule L undergo a phase transitionthrough a multivalent interaction.

The reagent set 1 can detect interactions between proteins and proteins,nucleic acids and nucleic acids, proteins and nucleic acids, andproteins and polysaccharides.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, the biomolecule R can be aprotein, a nucleic acid, or a polysaccharide. The biomolecule L can be aprotein, a nucleic acid, or a polysaccharide.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, a reporter group named YIcan be further connected to the reagent A.

A reporter group named BING can also be connected to the reagent B.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, the reporter group YI andthe reporter group BING are the same or different.

The reporter group JIA is different from the reporter group YI and thereporter group BING.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, the reporter groups JIA,YI and BING can all be fluorescent reporter groups. Further, thereporter groups JIA, YI and BING can all be fluorescent proteins.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, the ratio of the number ofthe biomolecule X to the number of the biomolecule R in the reagent Acan be an integer greater than or equal to 1.

The molar ratio of the reporter group JIA to the biomolecule X_(L) inthe reagent C can be 1:1.

In the reagent C, the reporter group JIA and the biomolecule X_(L) canbe connected through a linking region or a chemical bond. The reportergroup JIA can specifically be mCherry.

In the E monomer, the molar ratio of the monomer mc, the reporter groupJIA and the biomolecule Y_(C) can be 1:1:1.

In the E monomer, the monomer mc, the reporter group JIA and thebiomolecule Y_(C) can be connected through a linking region or achemical bond. The reporter group JIA can specifically be mCherry.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, the biomolecule R can be apolymer formed by R monomers, and each R monomer contains a monomernamed mr, and two or more mr monomers can form a polymer;

the biomolecule L can be a polymer formed by L monomers, and each Lmonomer contains a monomer named ml, and two or more ml monomers canform a polymer:the mc monomer, the mr monomer and the ml monomer are the same or atleast two of them are the same or they are different from each other.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, at least one monomer inthe biomolecule R contains the binding region 1.

At least one monomer in the biomolecule L contains the binding region 2.

When only one monomer in the biomolecule R contains the binding region1, the monomer contains at least two of the binding region 1, and whentwo or more monomers in the biomolecule R contain the binding region 1,the number of the binding region 1 in each monomer is at least one.

When only one monomer in the biomolecule L contains the binding region2, the monomer contains at least two of the binding region 2, and whentwo or more monomers in the biomolecule L contain the binding region 2,the number of the binding region 2 in each monomer is at least one.

In the monomer containing the binding region 1 of the biomolecule R, thebinding region 1 can be connected to the mr monomer.

In the monomer containing the binding region 2 of the biomolecule L, thebinding region 2 can be connected to the ml monomer.

The mr monomer is the same as or different from the ml monomer.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, each R monomer can containthe mr monomer and the binding region 1.

Each L monomer can contain the ml monomer and the binding region 2.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, in the R monomer, the mrmonomer and the binding region 1 or a biomolecule containing the bindingregion 1 can be connected through a linking region or a chemical bond.

In the L monomer, the ml monomer and the binding region 2 or abiomolecule containing the binding region 2 can be connected through alinking region or a chemical bond.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, each R monomer can furthercontain the reporter group YI.

Each L monomer can further contain the reporter group BING.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, in the R monomer, the mrmonomer, the reporter group YI, and the binding region 1 or abiomolecule containing the binding region 1 can be connected through alinking region or a chemical bond.

In the L monomer, the ml monomer, the reporter group BING, and thebinding region 2 or a biomolecule containing the binding region 2 can beconnected through a linking region or a chemical bond.

In the R monomer, the number of the binding region 1 is at least one.

In the L monomer, the number of the binding region 2 is at least one.

In the R monomer and L monomer, no matter the number of each part (i.e.,the mr monomer or the ml monomer, the binding region 1 or the bindingregion 2, or the reporter group YI or the reporter group BING) is 1 ormore, there is no requirement for the order of connection between eachother, as long as two or more R monomers can form a polymer, two or moreL monomers can form a polymer, and these two polymers can interact andcause a phase transition.

In the foregoing, there is no special requirement for the linkingregion, so long as the linking region can connect the two connectedparts of each of the R monomers and L monomers without affecting thefunctions of the two. The linking region can be a polypeptide. In the Rmonomer, the mr monomer, the reporter group YI, and the binding region 1or a biomolecule containing the binding region 1 can be sequentiallyconnected through the linking region or the chemical bond.

In the L monomer, the ml monomer, the reporter group BING, and thebinding region 2 or a biomolecule containing the binding region 2 can besequentially connected through the linking region or the chemical bond.

Each of the R monomers is connected to at least one biomolecule X.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the C-terminus of each of theR monomers is connected to the N-terminus of the biomolecule X throughthe linking region.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, all the R monomers can bethe same, all the L monomers can be the same and all the E monomers canbe the same.

Both the mr monomer and the ml monomer can be yeast SmF. Yeast SmFprotein is a core component of the ribonucleoprotein complex, and itscrystal structure shows that it exists in the form of homo-tetradecamer.Therefore, using SmF as a carrier can achieve the multimerization oftarget proteins.

The mc monomer can be Bacillus subtilis protein Hfq. The Bacillussubtilis protein Hfq exists in the form of homohexamer. Therefore, usingHfq as a carrier can achieve the multimerization of target proteins.

The binding region 1 can be a region in SH3 as shown in positions364-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1 that binds to PRMH as shown in positions 366-380of SEQ ID NO: 5. The binding region 2 can be a region in PRMH as shownin positions 366-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5 that binds to SH3 as shown inpositions 364-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1.

The linking region is (Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n) or a polypeptide containing(Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n), and n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

n can specifically be 4 or 2.

The reporter group JIA can be a red fluorescent protein, such asmCherry.

The reporter group YI and the reporter group BING can be greenfluorescent proteins, such as GFP.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, both the mr monomer andthe ml monomer can be yeast SmF as shown in positions 17-102 of SEQ IDNO: 1.

The mc monomer can be Hfq as shown in positions 17-94 of SEQ ID NO: 19.

The biomolecule containing the binding region 1 can be SH3 as shown inpositions 364-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1.

The biomolecule containing the binding region 2 can be PRMH as shown inpositions 366-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5.

In the above reagent set 1 and reagent set 3, the R monomer can be thefollowing H1) or H2) or H3):

H1) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions17-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1;H2) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or additionof one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shownin positions 17-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing and havingthe same function;H3) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminusor/and C-terminus of H1) or H2).

The L monomer is the following I1) or I2) or I3):

I1) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions17-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5;I2) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or additionof one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shownin positions 17-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5 in the Sequence Listing and havingthe same function;I3) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminusor/and C-terminus of I1) or I2).

The E monomer is J1) or J2) or J3):

J1) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions17-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19;J2) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or additionof one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shownin positions 17-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19 in the Sequence Listing and havingthe same function;J3) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminusor/and C-terminus of J1) or J2).

In order to facilitate the purification of the protein in H1) or I1) orJ1), a tag as shown in Table 1 can be attached to the amino terminus orcarboxyl terminus of H1) or I1) or J1).

TABLE 1 Tag sequences Tag Residues Sequence Poly-Arg 5-6 (usually 5) RRRRR Poly-His 2-10 (usually 6) HHHHHH FLAG  8 DYKDDDDK Strep-tag II  8WSHPQFEK c-myc 10 EQKLISEEDL

For the protein in above H2) or I2) or J2), the substitution and/ordeletion and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues issubstitution and/or deletion and/or addition of no more than 10 aminoacid residues.

The protein in above H2) or I2) or J2) can be artificially synthesized,or can be obtained by first synthesizing its encoding gene and thenconducting biological expression.

The encoding gene of the protein in above H2) or I2) or J2) can beobtained by deleting the codons of one or more amino acid residues,and/or performing missense mutations of one or more base pairs, and/orattaching the encoding sequence(s) of the tag(s) shown in Table 1 to the5′ end and/or the 3′ end in the DNA sequence encoding the R monomer orthe DNA sequence encoding the L monomer or the DNA sequence encoding theE monomer in the present invention.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present inventionfurther provides a reagent set named reagent set 2 or reagent set 4(i.e., the reagent set 2 in the Chinese Application No. 201711315673.6),and the reagent set 2 consists of the following X1) and X2) and thereagent set 4 consists of the following X1), X2), X3) and X4):

X1) a biological material related to the R monomer, which is any one ofthe following X11) to X14):X11) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the R monomer:X12) an expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX11);X13) a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule of X11),or a recombinant vector containing the expression cassette of X12);X14) a recombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX11), or a recombinant microorganism containing the expression cassetteof X12), or a recombinant microorganism containing the recombinantvector of X13);X2) a biological material related to the L monomer, which is any one ofthe following X21) to X24):X21) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the L monomer;X22) an expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX21);X23) a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule of X21),or a recombinant vector containing the expression cassette of X22);X24) a recombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX21), or a recombinant microorganism containing the expression cassetteof X22), or a recombinant microorganism containing the recombinantvector of X23).X3) a biological material related to the E monomer, which is any one ofthe following X31) to X34):X31) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the E monomer;X32) an expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX31);X33) a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule of X31),or a recombinant vector containing the expression cassette of X32);X34) a recombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX31), or a recombinant microorganism containing the expression cassetteof X32), or a recombinant microorganism containing the recombinantvector of X33).X4) a biological material related to the biomolecule Y_(D), which is anyone of the following X41) to X44):X41) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the biomolecule Y_(D):X42) an expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX41);X43) a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule of X41),or a recombinant vector containing the expression cassette of X42);X44) a recombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX41), or a recombinant microorganism containing the expression cassetteof X42), or a recombinant microorganism containing the recombinantvector of X43).

The reagent set 2 and reagent set 4 can be used to detect or assist indetecting whether there is an interaction between the biomolecule X andthe biomolecule X_(L), and can also be used to identify or assist inidentifying a regulatory factor for the interaction between thebiomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L).

In the above reagent set 2 and reagent set 4, the nucleic acid moleculeof X11) can be the following x11) or x12) or x13):

x11) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence inpositions 62-1306 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing;x12) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule having 75% or moreidentity with the nucleotide sequence defined by x11) and encoding the Rmonomer;x13) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule hybridizing to thenucleotide sequence defined by x11) under stringent conditions andencoding the R monomer.

The nucleic acid molecule of X21) can be the following x21) or x22) orx23):

x21) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence inpositions 62-1153 of SEQ ID NO: 6 in the Sequence Listing;x22) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule having 75% or moreidentity with the nucleotide sequence defined by x21) and encoding the Lmonomer;x23) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule hybridizing to thenucleotide sequence defined by x21) under stringent conditions andencoding the L monomer.

The nucleic acid molecule of X31) can be the following x31) or x32) orx33):

x31) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence inpositions 51-1400 of SEQ ID NO: 20 in the Sequence Listing;x32) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule having 75% or moreidentity with the nucleotide sequence defined by x31) and encoding the Emonomer;x33) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule hybridizing to thenucleotide sequence defined by x31) under stringent conditions andencoding the E monomer.

Wherein, the nucleic acid molecule can be DNA, such as cDNA, genomicDNA, or recombinant DNA; the nucleic acid molecule can also be RNA, suchas mRNA or hnRNA.

The term “identity” as used herein refers to sequence similarity to anatural nucleotide sequence. “Identity” includes a nucleotide sequencehaving 75% or higher, or 85% or higher, or 90% or higher, or 95% orhigher identity with the nucleotide sequence encoding the R monomer orthe L monomer of the present invention. Identity can be evaluated withthe naked eye or computer software. Using computer software, theidentity between two or more sequences can be expressed as a percentage(%), which can be used to evaluate the identity between relatedsequences.

The stringent conditions are: in a solution of 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS,hybridizing at 68° C. and washing the membrane twice, 5 min each time,and then in a solution of 0.5×SSC, 0.1% SDS, hybridizing at 68° C. andwashing the membrane twice, 15 min each time; or, in a solution of0.1×SSPE (or 0.1×SSC) 0.1% SDS, hybridizing at 65° C. and washing themembrane.

The above 75% or more identity can be 80%, 85%, 90%, or 95% or moreidentity.

The expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule encodingthe R monomer of X12) (R monomer gene expression cassette) refers to aDNA molecule capable of expressing the R monomer in a host cell, and theDNA molecule can contain not only a promoter that initiatestranscription of the R monomer gene, but also a terminator thatterminates transcription of the R monomer gene. Further, the expressioncassette can further contain an enhancer sequence.

The expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule encodingthe L monomer of X22) (L monomer gene expression cassette) refers to aDNA molecule capable of expressing the L monomer in a host cell, and theDNA molecule can contain not only a promoter that initiatestranscription of the L monomer gene, but also a terminator thatterminates transcription of the L monomer gene. Further, the expressioncassette can further contain an enhancer sequence.

The expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule encodingthe E monomer of X32) (E monomer gene expression cassette) refers to aDNA molecule capable of expressing the E monomer in a host cell, and theDNA molecule can contain not only a promoter that initiatestranscription of the E monomer gene, but also a terminator thatterminates transcription of the E monomer gene. Further, the expressioncassette can further contain an enhancer sequence.

The recombinant vector containing the R monomer gene expression cassetteor the L monomer gene expression cassette or the E monomer geneexpression cassette can be constructed using an existing vector. Thevector can be a plasmid, a cosmid, a phage, or a viral vector. Theplasmid can specifically be a pRSFDuet-1 vector.

The recombinant vector of X13) can specifically be pRSFDuet-1-SGS, andthe pRSFDuet-1-SGS is a recombinant vector obtained by replacing the DNAfragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI) betweenthe recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1 vector witha DNA molecule as shown in positions 12-1360 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in theSequence Listing. The pRSFDuet-1-SGS can express a fusion protein of theR monomer and His-tag as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.

The recombinant vector of X23) can specifically be pRSFDuet-1-SGP, andthe pRSFDuet-1-SGP is a recombinant vector obtained by replacing the DNAfragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI) betweenthe recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1 vector witha DNA molecule as shown in positions 12-1162 of SEQ ID NO: 6 in theSequence Listing. The pRSFDuet-1-SGS can express a fusion protein of theL monomer and His-tag as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5.

The recombinant vector of X33) can specifically bepRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ, and the pRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ is arecombinant vector obtained by replacing the DNA fragment (containingthe recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI) between the recognitionsequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1 vector with a DNA moleculeas shown in SEQ ID NO: 20 in the Sequence Listing. ThepRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ can express the fusion protein formed by Hfq,mCherry, PDZ and His-tag as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19.

The microorganism can be yeast, bacteria, algae or fungus. Wherein, thebacteria can be E. coli.

In the above reagent set 3 and reagent set 4, the modification can be aprotein post-translational modification or a de-modification of proteinpost-translational modification. The protein post-translationalmodification can be methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation,ubiquitination or glycosylation modification. The de-modification ofprotein post-translational modification can be demethylation,deacetylation, dephosphorylation, deubiquitination or deglycosylation.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present inventionfurther provides a method for detecting whether there is an interactionbetween biomolecules and the biomolecules are two biomolecules named Xand X_(L), respectively, and the method comprises the following steps:

a solution to be tested is obtained by mixing solution A, solution B andsolution C; the solution A is a solution containing the reagent A; thesolution B is a solution containing the reagent B; the solution C is asolution containing the reagent C; the biomolecule R in the reagent Aand the biomolecule L in the reagent B in the solution to be testedinteract to produce phase transition droplets; according to whetherthere is a signal of the reporter group JIA in the phase transitiondroplets in the solution to be tested, the interaction between thebiomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) is determined: if there is asignal of the reporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets in thesolution to be tested, the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) havean interaction or are supposed to have an interaction; if there is nosignal of the reporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets in thesolution to be tested, the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) haveno interaction or are supposed to have no interaction.

In the above method, the biomolecule X_(L) is a modified protein, andthe biomolecule X is a protein, and the method comprises the followingsteps:

a solution to be tested is obtained by mixing solution A, solution B,solution E and solution D; the solution E is a solution containing thereagent E; the solution D is a solution containing the reagent D; thebiomolecule R in the reagent A and the biomolecule L in the reagent B inthe solution to be tested interact to produce phase transition droplets;according to whether there is a signal of the reporter group JIA in thephase transition droplets in the solution to be tested, the interactionbetween the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) is determined: ifthere is a signal of the reporter group JIA in the phase transitiondroplets in the solution to be tested, the biomolecule X and thebiomolecule X_(L) have an interaction or are supposed to have aninteraction; if there is no signal of the reporter group JIA in thephase transition droplets in the solution to be tested, the biomoleculeX and the biomolecule X_(L) have no interaction or are supposed to haveno interaction.

Wherein, whether there is a signal of the reporter group JIA in thephase transition droplets in the solution to be tested refers to whetherthe signal of the reporter group JIA in the solution to be tested isenriched in the phase transition droplets, so that the signal of thereporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets is higher than thatin the non-phase transition droplets in the solution to be tested.Specifically, determining whether there is an interaction between thebiomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) according to the signal of thereporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets in the solution tobe tested can comprise the following steps: if the signal of thereporter group JIA in the solution to be tested is enriched in the phasetransition droplets, the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) have aninteraction or are supposed to have an interaction; if the signal of thereporter group JIA in the solution to be tested is not enriched in thephase transition droplets, the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L)have no interaction or are supposed to have no interaction.

The solution A can consist of the reagent A and a solvent, the solutionB can consist of the reagent B and a solvent, the solution C can consistof the reagent C and a solvent, the solution E can consist of thereagent E and a solvent, the solution D can consist of the reagent D anda solvent, and the solvent can dissolve the reagent A, the reagent B,the reagent C, the reagent E and the reagent D.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the solvent is KMEI buffer,and the KMEI buffer is composed of a solvent and solutes, wherein thesolvent is water and the solutes and their concentrations are: 150 mMKCl, 1 mM MgCl₂, 1 mM EGTA, 10 mM imidazole, 1 mM DTT, pH=7.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the protein is expressed byfusion with the known multivalent protein SmF from yeast to realize themultimerization of the target protein, that is, the multivalentizationof the reagent A and the reagent B. The R monomer is SGS (SGS is anabbreviation of the fusion protein SmF-GFP-SH3), and the L monomer isSGP (SGP is an abbreviation of the fusion protein SmF-GFP-PRMH). Theinteraction between SH3 and PRMH causes the interaction between themultivalent proteins SGS and SGP and then a phase transition occurs toproduce phase transition droplets.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the protein is expressed byfusion with the known multivalent protein SmF from yeast or the proteinHfq from Bacillus subtilis to realize the multimerization of theprotein, that is, the multivalentization of the reagent A, the reagent Band the reagent E.

In the above method, the modification can be a proteinpost-translational modification or a de-modification of proteinpost-translational modification. The protein post-translationalmodification can be methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation,ubiquitination or glycosylation modification. The de-modification ofprotein post-translational modification can be demethylation,deacetylation, dephosphorylation, deubiquitination or deglycosylation.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present inventionalso provides a method for identifying a regulatory factor betweenbiomolecules, wherein the biomolecules are two biomolecules named X andX_(L), respectively, and there is an interaction between the biomoleculeX and the biomolecule X_(L), and the method comprises the followingsteps:

a solution to be tested is obtained by mixing solution A, solution B,solution C and a regulatory factor to be tested; a control solution isobtained by mixing the solution A, the solution B and the solution C; inthe solution to be tested and the control solution, the biomolecule R inthe solution A and the biomolecule L in the solution B interact toproduce phase transition droplets; by comparing the signal intensity ofthe reporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets in the solutionto be tested with that in the control solution, it is determined whetherthe regulatory factor to be tested has a regulatory effect on theinteraction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L); if thesignal of the reporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets in thesolution to be tested is stronger than the signal of the reporter groupJIA in the phase transition droplets in the control solution, theregulatory factor has or is supposed to have a promoting effect on theinteraction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L); if thesignal of the reporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets in thesolution to be tested is weaker than the signal of the reporter groupJIA in the phase transition droplets in the control solution, theregulatory factor has or is supposed to have an inhibitory effect on theinteraction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L); if thesignal intensity of the reporter group JIA in the phase transitiondroplets in the solution to be tested is the same as the signalintensity of the reporter group JIA in the phase transition droplets inthe control solution, the regulatory factor has or is supposed to haveno regulatory effect on the interaction between the biomolecule X andthe biomolecule X_(L).

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present inventionalso provides any one of the following uses of the reagent set 1, thereagent set 2, the reagent set 3 or the reagent set 4:

Z1) for detecting or assisting in detecting whether there is aninteraction between biomolecules;Z2) for screening regulatory factors for interactions betweenbiomolecules;Z3) for identifying or assisting in identifying regulatory factors forinteractions between biomolecules;Z4) for detecting the influence of substances on interactions betweenbiomolecules:Z5) for preparing products for detecting whether there is an interactionbetween biomolecules;Z6) for preparing products for screening regulatory factors forinteractions between biomolecules;Z7) for preparing products for identifying regulatory factors forinteractions between biomolecules:Z8) for detecting or assisting in detecting whether there is aninteraction between modified proteins and other biomolecules;Z9) for screening regulatory factors for interactions between modifiedproteins and other biomolecules;Z10) for identifying or assisting in identifying regulatory factors forinteractions between modified proteins and other biomolecules;Z11) for detecting the influence of substances on interactions betweenmodified proteins and other biomolecules;Z12) for detecting whether a protein has an enzyme activity involved inprotein post-translational modification;Z13) for preparing products for detecting whether there is aninteraction between modified proteins and other biomolecules;Z14) for preparing products for screening regulatory factors forinteractions between modified proteins and other biomolecules;Z15) for preparing products for identifying regulatory factors forinteractions between modified proteins and other biomolecules;Z16) for preparing products for detecting whether a protein has anenzyme activity involved in protein post-translational modification.

In the above use, the other biomolecule can be a protein.

In the above use, the modification can be a protein post-translationalmodification or a de-modification of protein post-translationalmodification. The protein post-translational modification can bemethylation, acetylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitination orglycosylation modification. The de-modification of proteinpost-translational modification can be demethylation, deacetylation,dephosphorylation, deubiquitination or deglycosylation.

In the above use, the product can be a kit.

The method for screening regulatory factors for interactions betweenbiomolecules can be high-throughput screening, and the method foridentifying regulatory factors for interactions between biomolecules canalso be high-throughput identification.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is howto detect the interaction between biomolecules in a cell and screenregulatory factors that affect their interaction.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides a method for detecting the interaction between biomolecules ina cell, the biomolecules to be tested are named X and X_(L), thebiomolecule X is a protein, a nucleic acid or a polysaccharide, and thebiomolecule X_(L) is a protein, a nucleic acid or a polysaccharide, andthe method comprises the following U1) and U2):

U1) connecting a biomolecule named R and the biomolecule X to obtain arecombinant molecule named R—X; the biomolecule R containingintrinsically disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs); connecting thebiomolecule X_(L) and a reporter group named J to obtain a recombinantmolecule named X_(L)-J;U2) introducing the recombinant molecule R—X and the recombinantmolecule X_(L)-J into a biological cell to obtain a recombinant cell,and detecting whether the signal of the reporter group J in therecombinant cell is accumulated in a second phase formed by theintrinsically disordered proteins/regions to determine whether there isan interaction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L); ifthe signal of the reporter group J is accumulated in the second phase,the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) have an interaction or aresupposed to have an interaction; if the signal of the reporter group Jis not accumulated in the second phase, the biomolecule X and thebiomolecule X_(L) have no interaction or are supposed to have nointeraction.

In U2), when the biomolecule X, the biomolecule X_(L) and the reportergroup J are proteins, the step of introducing the recombinant moleculeR—X and the recombinant molecule X_(L)-J into a biological cell can beintroducing the encoding genes of the recombinant molecule R—X and therecombinant molecule X_(L)-J into the biological cell such that theobtained recombinant cell expresses the recombinant molecule R—X and therecombinant molecule X_(L)-J.

The present invention further provides a method for identifyingregulatory factors for interactions between biomolecules in a cell, thebiomolecules to be tested are named X and X_(L), the biomolecule X is aprotein, a nucleic acid or a polysaccharide, and the biomolecule X_(L)is a protein, a nucleic acid or a polysaccharide, there is aninteraction between the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L), and themethod comprises the following V1) and V2):

V1) connecting a biomolecule named R and the biomolecule X to obtain arecombinant molecule named R—X; the biomolecule R containingintrinsically disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs); connecting thebiomolecule X_(L) and a reporter group named J to obtain a recombinantmolecule named X_(L)-J;V2) introducing the recombinant molecule R—X and the recombinantmolecule X_(L)-J into a biological cell to obtain a recombinant cell;culturing the recombinant cell and adding a regulatory factor to betested to the culture system of the recombinant cell to obtain a systemto be tested; culturing the recombinant cell to obtain a control system;then detecting the signal intensity of the reporter group J in therecombinant cell in a second phase formed by the intrinsicallydisordered proteins/regions in the system to be tested and the controlsystem to determine whether the regulatory factor to be tested has aregulatory effect on the interaction between the biomolecule X and thebiomolecule X_(L); if the signal of the reporter group J in the secondphase in the system to be tested is stronger than the signal of thereporter group J in the second phase in the control system, theregulatory factor to be tested has or is supposed to have a promotingeffect on the interaction between the biomolecule X and the biomoleculeX_(L); if the signal intensity of the reporter group J in the secondphase in the system to be tested is the same as the signal intensity ofthe reporter group J in the second phase in the control system, theregulatory factor to be tested has or is supposed to have no regulatoryeffect on the interaction between the biomolecule X and the biomoleculeX_(L); if the signal of the reporter group J in the phase transitiondroplets in the solution to be tested is weaker than the signal of thereporter group J in the second phase in the control system, theregulatory factor to be tested has or is supposed to have an inhibitoryeffect on the interaction between the biomolecule X and the biomoleculeX_(L).

In the above method, the biomolecule R can further contain a reportergroup named K, and the reporter group K is different from the reportergroup J.

In the above method, both the reporter group J and the reporter group Kcan be fluorescent reporter groups.

In the above method, the fluorescent reporter group can be a fluorescentprotein.

Further, the reporter group J can be specifically a red fluorescentprotein mCherry, and the reporter group K can be a green fluorescentprotein GFP.

In the above method, the intrinsically disordered proteins/regions canbe the following H1) or H2) or H3):

H1) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions258-772 of SEQ ID NO: 24;H2) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or additionof one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shownin positions 258-772 of SEQ ID NO: 24 in the Sequence Listing and havingthe same function;H3) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminusor/and C-terminus of H1) or H2).

In order to facilitate the purification of the protein in H1), a tag asshown in Table 1 can be attached to the amino terminus or carboxylterminus of H1).

For the protein in above H2), the substitution and/or deletion and/oraddition of one or more amino acid residues is substitution and/ordeletion and/or addition of no more than 10 amino acid residues.

The protein in above H2) can be artificially synthesized, or can beobtained by first synthesizing its encoding gene and then conductingbiological expression.

The encoding gene of the protein in above H2) can be obtained bydeleting the codons of one or more amino acid residues, and/orperforming missense mutations of one or more base pairs, and/orattaching the encoding sequence(s) of the tag(s) shown in Table 1 to the5′ end and/or the 3′ end in the DNA sequence encoding the intrinsicallydisordered proteins/regions.

In the above method, the reporter group K in the biomolecule R and theintrinsically disordered proteins/regions can be connected through alinking region or a chemical bond.

In the above method, the biomolecule X_(L) and the reporter group J inthe recombinant molecule X_(L)-J can be connected through a linkingregion or a chemical bond.

The biomolecule R and the biomolecule X in the recombinant molecule R—Xcan be connected through a linking region or a chemical bond.

In the above method, the linking region can be (Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n) or apolypeptide containing (Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n), and n is a natural numbergreater than or equal to 2.

n can specifically be 4 or 2.

In the above method, the biomolecule R can be the following I1), I2),I3) or I4):

I1) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions 1-772of SEQ ID NO: 24;I2) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions 1-784of SEQ ID NO: 24;I3) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or additionof one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shownin positions 1-772 or 1-784 of SEQ ID NO: 24 in the Sequence Listing andhaving the same function:I4) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminusor/and C-terminus of I1), I2) or I3).

In order to facilitate the purification of the protein in I1), a tag asshown in Table 1 can be attached to the amino terminus or carboxylterminus of I1).

For the protein in above I2), the substitution and/or deletion and/oraddition of one or more amino acid residues is substitution and/ordeletion and/or addition of no more than 10 amino acid residues.

The protein in above I2) can be artificially synthesized, or can beobtained by first synthesizing its encoding gene and then conductingbiological expression.

The encoding gene of the protein in above I2) can be obtained bydeleting the codons of one or more amino acid residues, and/orperforming missense mutations of one or more base pairs, and/orattaching the encoding sequence(s) of the tag(s) shown in Table 1 to the5′ end and/or the 3′ end in the DNA sequence encoding the biomolecule R.

In the above method, the biological cell can be an animal cell, a plantcell, or a microbial cell. In one embodiment of the present invention,the animal cell is a HEK293 cell.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the biomolecule X is p53,and the biomolecule X_(L) is MDM2.

The present invention also provides the biomolecule R.

The present invention also provides a biological material related to thebiomolecule R, and the biological material is any one of the followingM1) to M4):

M1) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the biomolecule R;M2) an expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule of M1);M3) a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule of M1), ora recombinant vector containing the expression cassette of M2);M4) a recombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule ofM1), or a recombinant microorganism containing the expression cassetteof M2), or a recombinant microorganism containing the recombinant vectorof M3).

In the above biological material, the nucleic acid molecule of M1) canbe any one of the following m1)-m8):

m1) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence asshown in positions 780-2324 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing;m2) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence asshown in positions 738-2324 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing;m3) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence asshown in positions 9-2324 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing;m4) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence asshown in positions 780-2360 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing;m5) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence asshown in positions 738-2360 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing;m6) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence asshown in positions 9-2360 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing;m7) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule having 75% or more identity withthe nucleotide sequence defined by m1) or m2) or m3) or m4) or m5) orm6) and encoding the biomolecule R;m8) a cDNA molecule or a DNA molecule hybridizing to the nucleotidesequence defined by m1) or m2) or m3) or m4) or m5) or m6) understringent conditions and encoding the biomolecule R.

Wherein, the nucleic acid molecule can be DNA, such as cDNA, genomicDNA, or recombinant DNA; the nucleic acid molecule can also be RNA, suchas mRNA or hnRNA.

The term “identity” as used herein refers to sequence similarity to anatural nucleotide sequence. “Identity” includes a nucleotide sequencehaving 75% or higher, or 85% or higher, or 90% or higher, or 95% orhigher identity with the nucleotide sequence encoding the biomolecule Rof the present invention. Identity can be evaluated with the naked eyeor computer software. Using computer software, the identity between twoor more sequences can be expressed as a percentage (%), which can beused to evaluate the identity between related sequences.

The stringent conditions are: in a solution of 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS,hybridizing at 68° C. and washing the membrane twice, 5 min each time,and then in a solution of 0.5×SSC, 0.1% SDS, hybridizing at 68° C. andwashing the membrane twice, 15 min each time; or, in a solution of0.1×SSPE (or 0.1×SSC), 0.1% SDS, hybridizing at 65° C. and washing themembrane.

The above 75% or more identity can be 80%, 85%, 90%, or 95% or moreidentity.

The expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule encodingthe biomolecule R of M2) (R gene expression cassette) refers to a DNAmolecule capable of expressing the biomolecule R in a host cell, and theDNA molecule can contain not only a promoter that initiatestranscription of the R gene, but also a terminator that terminatestranscription of the R gene. Further, the expression cassette canfurther contain an enhancer sequence.

The recombinant vector containing the R gene expression cassette can beconstructed using an existing vector. The vector can be a plasmid, acosmid, a phage, or a viral vector. The plasmid can specifically be apcDNA3.1 vector.

The recombinant vector of X13) can specifically be pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN,and the pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN is a recombinant vector obtained by replacingthe DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NotI and XbaI)between the recognition sequences of NotI and XbaI of the pcDNA3.1vector with a DNA molecule as shown in SEQ ID NO: 25 in the SequenceListing. The pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN can express a fusion protein GFP-NUPN ofGFP and NUPN as shown in SEQ ID NO: 24.

The microorganism can be yeast, bacteria, algae or fungus.

The present invention also provides any one of the following uses of thebiomolecule R or the biological material:

X1) for detecting the interaction between biomolecules in a cell:X2) for preparing products for detecting the interaction betweenbiomolecules in a cell;X3) for identifying regulatory factors for interactions betweenbiomolecules in a cell;X4) for preparing products for identifying regulatory factors forinteractions between biomolecules in a cell;X5) for screening regulatory factors for interactions betweenbiomolecules in a cell;X6) for preparing products for screening regulatory factors forinteractions between biomolecules in a cell;X7) for detecting the influence of substances on interactions betweenbiomolecules in a cell.

In the above use, the cell can be an animal cell, a plant cell, or amicrobial cell. In one embodiment of the present invention, the animalcell is HEK293 cell.

In the above use, the product can be a kit.

The method for screening regulatory factors for interactions betweenbiomolecules can be high-throughput screening, and the method foridentifying regulatory factors for interactions between biomolecules canalso be high-throughput identification.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the detection of the interaction between P53 and MDM2.Panel A is the morphologic observation of the phase transition dropletsof system 3, and the right image is an enlarged image of the selectedarea in the left image; panel B is the confocal high-content microscopicimaging analysis of systems 1-11. Scale bar=50 μm.

FIG. 2 shows the effect of inhibitor on the interaction between P53 andMDM2. Panel A is the detection result of the fluorescence signal, andpanel B is the quantitative analysis of the red fluorescence signal inthe phase transition droplets. Scale bar=20 μm.

FIG. 3 shows the effect of rapamycin on the interaction between FKBP andFRB. Panel A is the detection result of the fluorescence signal, andpanel B is the quantitative analysis of the red fluorescence signal inthe phase transition droplets. Scale bar=100 μm.

FIG. 4 shows the analysis of the experimental results of the detectionsystems 1-8 for the interaction between H3K9me3 and CD. Panel A is themorphologic observation of the phase transition droplets of system 3,and the right image is an enlarged image of the selected area in theleft image. Panel B is the confocal high-content microscopic imaginganalysis of systems 1-8. Scale bar=100 μm.

FIG. 5 shows the analysis of the experimental results of the detectionsystems 9-20 for the interaction between H3K9me3 and CD. Panel A is theconfocal high-content microscopic imaging analysis of systems 9-20.Scale bar=100 μm. Panel B is a quantitative analysis of the mCherryfluorescence intensity in the phase transition droplets in panel A.H3K9me3 and H3K9 represent H3K9me3-KKETPV and H3K9-KKETPV, respectively;0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 represent the proportion ofH3K9me3-KKETPV in the mixture of H3K9me3-KKETPV and H3K9-KKETPV.

FIG. 6 shows the detection of the interaction between P53 and MDM2.Panel A is the morphologic observation the second phase generated bysystem 1, and the right image is an enlarged image of the selected areain the left image; panel B is the laser-scanning confocal microscopyimaging analysis of systems 1-8. Scale bar=20 μm.

FIG. 7 is a laser-scanning confocal microscopy imaging analysis of theeffect of the inhibitor on the interaction between P53 and MDM2. Scalebar=20 μm.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following further describes the present invention in detail withreference to specific embodiments. The examples are given only forillustrating the present invention, but not for limiting the scope ofthe present invention. Unless otherwise specified, the experimentalmethods in the following examples are conventional methods. Thematerials, reagents and instruments, etc. used in the following examplesare available commercially, unless otherwise specified. For thequantitative experiments in the following examples, the experiments areall repeated three times and the results are averaged. In the followingexamples, unless otherwise specified, the nucleotide at the firstposition of each nucleotide sequence in the Sequence Listing refers tothe nucleotide at the 5′ end of the corresponding DNA, and thenucleotide at the last position refers to the nucleotide at the 3′ endof the corresponding DNA.

In the following examples, the pcDNA3.1 vector (Yoo et al., A newstrategy for assessing selenoprotein function: siRNA knockdown/knock-intargeting the 3′-UTR, RNA (2007), 13: 921-929.) is available to thepublic from the applicant. This biological material is only used forrepeating the relevant experiments of the present invention, and cannotbe used for other purposes.

In the following examples, the HEK293 cell (SHIN et al., Overexpressionof PGC-1α enhances cell proliferation and tumorigenesis of HEK293 cellsthrough the upregulation of Sp1 and Acyl-CoA binding protein,INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 46: 1328-1342, 2015) is available tothe public from the applicant. This biological material is only used forrepeating the relevant experiments of the present invention, and cannotbe used for other purposes.

Examples 1 and 2 provide a reagent set for detecting the interactionbetween a biomolecule X and a biomolecule X_(L), and the reagent setconsists of reagent A, reagent B and reagent C:

the reagent A is formed by connecting a biomolecule R and a biomoleculeX, the biomolecule R is a polymer formed by R monomers, all the Rmonomers are the same, each monomer contains a mr monomer, a fluorescentreporter group YI, a binding region 1 or a biomolecule containingbinding region 1, and the parts of each monomer are connected by alinking region or a chemical bond, wherein two or more mr monomers canform a polymer;the reagent B contains a biomolecule L, the biomolecule L is a polymerformed by L monomers, all the L monomers are the same, each monomercontains a m1 monomer, a fluorescent reporter group BING, a bindingregion 2 or a biomolecule containing binding domain 2, and the parts ofeach monomer are connected by a linking region or a chemical bond,wherein two or more m1 monomers can form a polymer;the reagent C is formed by connecting a fluorescent reporter group JIAand a biomolecule X_(L);the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L are the same or different andthere is an interaction between the two. The interaction between thebiomolecule R and the biomolecule L is carried out by the binding region1 of the biomolecule R and the binding region 2 of the biomolecule L,the number of the binding region 1 in the biomolecule R and the numberof the binding region 2 in the biomolecule L are both greater than orequal to 2, and a phase transition occurs when the biomolecule Rinteracts with the biomolecule L;the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) are proteins, nucleic acidsor polysaccharides; the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L areproteins, nucleic acids or polysaccharides.

The following uses biomolecules R and L (both being proteins) asexamples to illustrate the use of the reagent set of the presentinvention for detecting protein-protein interactions. Specifically, themr monomer and the m1 monomer are both SmF, the fluorescent reportergroup YI and the fluorescent reporter group BING are both GFP, thebiomolecule containing binding region 1 is SH3, the biomoleculecontaining binding region 2 is PRMH, the fusion protein of SmF. GFP andSH3 is denoted as SGS (i.e., R monomer), and the fusion protein of SmF,GFP and PRMH is denoted as SGP (i.e., L monomer), the fluorescentreporter group JIA is mCherry.

Example 1. Detection of Interaction Between P53 and MDM2 and Effect ofInhibitor on it

In this example, the biomolecule X is P53, and the biomolecule X_(L) isMDM2.

I. Preparation of Recombinant Vectors

1. Recombinant Vector Expressing Fusion Protein of SGS and P53

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1vector (purchased from Novagen, Merck) was replaced with the DNAmolecule as shown in positions 12-1360 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the SequenceListing to obtain a recombinant vector pRSFDuet-1-SGS, and thepRSFDuet-1-SGS was capable of expressing the protein as shown in SEQ IDNO: 1 (SGS fused with His-tag, i.e., R monomer, denoted as His-SGS).

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 14-1354 of SEQ ID NO: 2encodes His-SGS as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the DNA sequences as shownin positions 1344-1349 and 1355-1360 of SEQ ID NO: 2 are the recognitionsequences of NcoI and XhoI, respectively; the sequence as shown inpositions 3-8 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is the amino acid sequence of His-tag, thesequence as shown in positions 17-102 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is the amino acidsequence of SmF, the sequence as shown in positions 109-349 of SEQ IDNO: 1 is the amino acid sequence of GFP, the sequence as shown inpositions 364-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is the amino acid sequence of SH3, thesequences as shown in positions 103-108, 350-363 and 432-444 of SEQ IDNO: 1 are the amino acid sequences of the linking region. His-SGS canform tetradecamer through the action of SmF.

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1-SGSwas replaced with the DNA molecule as shown in positions 5-66 of SEQ IDNO: 4 in the Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-SGS-P53, and the pRSFDuet-1-SGS-P53 was capable of expressinga fusion protein (denoted as SGS-P53) of His-SGS as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 and P53 as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 in the Sequence Listing.

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 13-57 of SEQ ID NO: 4encodes P53 as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3. SGS-P53 can form tetradecamerthrough the action of SmF.

2. Recombinant Vector Expressing SGP

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1vector was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown in positions 12-1162of SEQ ID NO: 6 in the Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-SGP, and the pRSFDuet-1-SGP was capable of expressing theprotein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 (SGP fused with His-tag, i.e. Lmonomer, denoted as His-SGP).

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 14-1156 of SEQ ID NO: 6encodes His-SGP as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; the sequence as shown inpositions 3-8 of SEQ ID NO: 5 is the amino acid sequence of His-tag, thesequence as shown in positions 17-102 of SEQ ID NO: 5 is the amino acidsequence of SmF, the sequence as shown in positions 109-349 of SEQ IDNO: 5 is the amino acid sequence of GFP, the sequence as shown inpositions 366-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5 is the amino acid sequence of PRMH,the sequences as shown in positions 103-108 and 350-365 of SEQ ID NO: 5are the amino acid sequences of the linking region. His-SGP can formtetradecamer through the action of SmF.

3. Recombinant Vector Expressing Fusion Protein of MDM2 and mCherry(Reagent C)

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1vector was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown in positions 11-831of SEQ ID NO: 8 in the Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-mCherry, and the pRSFDuet-1-mCherry was capable of expressingthe protein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7 (mCherry fused with His-tag,denoted as His-mCherry).

Wherein, the sequence as shown in positions 13-825 of SEQ ID NO: 8encodes His-mCherry as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, the sequences in positions815-820 and 826-831 of SEQ ID NO: 8 are the recognition sequences ofNcoI and XhoI, respectively; the sequence as shown in positions 3-8 ofSEQ ID NO: 7 is the amino acid sequence of His-tag, the sequence asshown in positions 17-254 of SEQ ID NO: 7 is the amino acid sequence ofmCherry, and the sequence as shown in positions 255-270 of SEQ ID NO: 7is the amino acid sequence of the linking region.

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of thepRSFDuet-1-mCherry was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown inpositions 5-324 of SEQ ID NO: 10 to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-mCherry-MDM2, and the pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-MDM2 was capable ofexpressing a fusion protein of mCherry and MDM2 shown in SEQ ID NO: 9(i.e., reagent C, which was denoted as mCherry-MDM2 and contained aHis-tag).

Wherein, the sequence as shown in positions 7-315 of SEQ ID NO: 10encodes MDM2 as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9.

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of thepRSFDuet-1-mCherry was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown inpositions 1-35 of SEQ ID NO:16 to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-mCherry-N, and the pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-N was capable ofexpressing a fusion protein of mCherry and the protein as shown in SEQID NO: 15 (this fusion protein was denoted as mCherry-N and contains aHis-tag).

II. Expression and Purification of Fusion Proteins

The pRSFDuet-1-SGS, pRSFDuet-1-SGS-P53, pRSFDuet-1-SGP,pRSFDuet-1-mCherry, pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-MDM2 and pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-Nvectors obtained in step I were respectively introduced into E. colicompetent cells BL21 (DE3) (TIANGEN BIOTECH (BEIJING) CO., LTD) toobtain recombinant strains BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS-P53,BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGP, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry,BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-MDM2 and BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-N.

The fusion proteins containing His-tag expressed by the recombinantstrains BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS-P53,BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGP, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry,BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-MDM2 and BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-N werepurified, according to the following steps:

(1) Bacteria culture and protein induction expression: each of the aboverecombinant strains was inoculated into 1 L LB medium, incubated at 37°C., 200 rpm until the OD600 reached about 0.8-1 (about 8-9 hr); thebacterial culture was incubated at 18° C. for 1 hr for cooling and IPTGwas added to a final concentration of 0.5 mM to induce proteinexpression, then the culture was incubated overnight (about 16 hr), andthen the bacterial culture was obtained.(2) Suspension and lysis of bacteria: the bacterial culture obtained instep (1) was centrifuged, and the supernatant was discarded; thebacterial pellet was resuspended in 40 mL binding buffer (40 mM Tris-Cl,500 mM NaCl, pH 8.0 or 7.4) and sonicated; the lysate wasultracentrifuged at 20000 rpm for 1 hr and the supernatant (containingthe target fusion protein) was collected.(3) Ni column purification: a Ni column was prepared in advance andequilibrated with the binding buffer; the supernatant obtained in step(2) was loaded onto the Ni column; when the liquid was almost dry, thewash buffer was added to wash 2-3 column volumes, then the elutionbuffer was added to elute the target fusion protein, and the effluentwas collected.wash buffer: 40 mM Tris-HCl, 500 mM NaCl, 40 mM imidazole, pH was thesame as the binding buffer.elution buffer: 40 mM Tris-HCl, 500 mM NaCl, 500 mM imidazole, pH wasthe same as the binding buffer.(4) Ion exchange purification: based on the isoelectric point of theprotein, a suitable ion exchange column was selected; the effluentobtained in step (3) was diluted with 40 mM Tris-Cl buffer to reduce theion concentration to obtain a protein diluent; the ion exchange columnwas installed in the ATKA protein purification system (GE company) andthe protein diluent was loaded; the protein bound to the column waseluted by gradually increasing the salt ion concentration and the targetfusion protein was collected; the eluent used for the elution wascomposed of solution A and solution B, and the ratio between the two wasadjusted according to specific conditions: buffer A: 40 mM Tris-Cl, pHwas the same as the binding buffer; buffer B: 40 mM Tris-Cl, 2M NaCl, pHwas the same as the binding buffer.(5) Protein purification by gel filtration: the target fusion proteinobtained in step (4) was concentrated by ultrafiltration, and then wasseparated and purified by a preset gel filtration program to obtain afurther purified target fusion protein.

The KMEI buffer used for column equilibration and elution was composedof a solvent and solutes. The solvent was water and the solutes andtheir concentrations were: 150 mM KC, 1 mM MgCl₂, 1 mM EGTA, 10 mMimidazole, 1 mM DTT, pH=7.

(6) Detection and storage of purified proteins: His-SGS expressed by theBL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS, SGS-P53 expressed by the BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS-P53,His-SGP expressed by the BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGP, His-mCherry expressed bythe BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry, mCherry-MDM2 expressed by theBL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-MDM2 and mCherry-N expressed by theBL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-N, which were obtained by the purification ofthe above step, were detected by SDS-PAGE. After the fusion proteinswere confirmed to have the expected sizes, the proteins wereconcentrated and frozen at −80° C. until use.

III. Detection of Interaction Between P53 and MDM2

The solutions of His-SGS, SGS-P53, His-SGP, His-mCherry, mCherry-N andmCherry-MDM2 obtained in step 11 (all solvents being KMEI buffer) wererespectively loaded into a 384-microwell plate according to thefollowing systems, one system per well. The concentrations of His-SGS,His-SGP, His-mCherry, SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2 and mCherry-N in thecorresponding systems were all 0.5 μM:

-   -   system 1: the solution of His-SGS;    -   system 2: the solution of His-SGP;    -   system 3: the solution of His-SGS and His-SGP;    -   system 4: the solution of His-mCherry;    -   system 5: the solution of His-SGS, His-mCherry and His-SGP;    -   system 6: the solution of SGS-P53;    -   system 7: the solution of SGS-P53 and His-SGP;    -   system 8: the solution of SGS-P53, His-mCherry and His-SGP;    -   system 9: the solution of SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2 and His-SGP;    -   system 10: the solution of His-SGS, mCherry-MDM2 and His-SGP;    -   system 11: the solution of SGS-P53, mCherry-N and His-SGP.

Each of the above systems was subjected to static incubation at 4° C.until the phase transition droplets in the systems in which phasetransitions occurred completely settled to the bottom of the well plate,and the images were collected using a confocal high-content imagingmicroscope. The result (panel B in FIG. 1) showed that the solutions inthe system 1 and the system 2 had no change, and no fluorescence signalaccumulation area was found; the solution in the system 3 generatedphase transition droplets, and the green fluorescent signal (thefluorescent signal from GFP) was accumulated in the phase transitiondroplets, and the signal intensity in the droplets was much higher thanthe signal intensity in the solution (panel A in FIG. 1); the solutionin the system 4 had no change, and no fluorescence signal accumulationarea was found; the solution in the system 5 generated phase transitiondroplets, and the green fluorescence signal was accumulated in the phasetransition droplets, and the signal intensity in the droplets was muchhigher than the signal intensity in the solution, and at the same time,no red fluorescence signal accumulation was found in the droplets; thesolution in the system 6 had no change, and no fluorescence signalaccumulation area was found; the solution in the system 7 generatedphase transition droplets, the green fluorescence signal was accumulatedin the phase transition droplets, and the signal intensity in thedroplets was much higher than the signal intensity in the solution; thesolution in the system 8 generated phase transition droplets, the greenfluorescence signal was accumulated in the phase transition droplets,and the signal intensity in the droplets was much higher than the signalintensity in the solution, and at the same time no red fluorescencesignal accumulation was found in the droplets; the solution in thesystem 9 generated phase transition droplets, both the greenfluorescence signal and the red fluorescence signal (the fluorescencesignal from mCherry) were accumulated in the phase transition droplets,and the signal intensity in the droplets was much higher than the signalintensity in the solution; the solutions in systems 10 and 11 generatedphase transition droplets, the green fluorescent signal was accumulatedin the phase transition droplets and the signal intensity in thedroplets was much higher than the signal intensity in the solution, andat the same time no red fluorescence signal accumulation was found inthe droplets. The above results show that SGS can bind with SGP togenerate phase transition droplets marked with fluorescence emitted byGFP, when the phase transition droplets contain the protein P53 whichcan interact with MDM2, P53 can recruit mCherry-MDM2 to the phasetransition droplets by interacting with MDM2, and then the redfluorescence signal is accumulated in the phase transition droplets. Inthe absence of system components or the addition of proteins with nointeraction with P53, the accumulation of the red fluorescence signalcould not be detected. It shows that the interaction between P53 andMDM2 can be detected using SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2 and His-SGP.

IV. Validation of MI-773 Inhibiting Interaction Between P53 and MDM2

In the following system, the compound MI-773, which is known to have aninhibitory effect on the interaction between P53 and MDM2, was used andits effect on the interaction between P53 and MDM2 was verified byutilizing the method of the present invention and ampicillin was used asa control:

the solutions of SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2, His-SGP and ampicillin weremixed, and then 20 μL of the resulting mixture was transferred to a384-microwell plate to obtain an ampicillin control system and theconcentrations of SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2 and His-SGP were all 0.5 μM inthe ampicillin control system, and the concentration of ampicillin was25 μM;

According to the above system, the solutions of SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2,His-SGP and MI-773 were mixed, and then 20 μL of the resulting mixturewas transferred into a 384-microwell plate. Different concentrations ofMI-773 were set to obtain experimental systems with differentconcentrations of MI-773. The concentration of MI-773 in eachexperimental system was 0 (i.e., KMEI buffer), 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and25 μM, respectively, one concentration per well, and in eachexperimental system, the concentrations of SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2 andHis-SGP were all 0.5 μM.

Each of the above systems was subjected to static incubation at 4° C.until the phase transition droplets in the systems in which phasetransitions occurred completely settled to the bottom of the well plate,and the image of each system was collected using a confocal high-contentimaging microscope and the intensity of the red fluorescence signal inthe phase transition droplets in each well plate was counted andanalyzed. The result (FIG. 2) showed that after adding the inhibitorMI-773, the red fluorescence signal in the phase transition droplets wassignificantly weaker than that of the system containing ampicillin butno MI-773, indicating that ampicillin does not affect the interactionbetween P53 and MDM2 while MI-773 can significantly inhibit theinteraction between P53 and MDM2, which is consistent with the knownMI-773's inhibitory effect on the interaction between P53 and MDM2. Itindicates that SGS-P53, mCherry-MDM2 and His-SGP can be used to detectthe influence of regulatory factors on the interaction between P53 andMDM2.

Example 2. Verification of Rapamycin Promoting Interaction Between FKBPand FRB

In this example, the biomolecule X is FKBP, and the biomolecule X_(L) isFRB.

I. Preparation of Recombinant Vectors

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1-SGSof Example 1 was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown in SEQ ID NO:12 in the Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-SGS-FKBP, and the pRSFDuet-1-SGS-FKBP was capable ofexpressing a fusion protein (denoted as SGS-FKBP) of SGS as shown in SEQID NO: 1 and FKBP as shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 in the Sequence Listing.

Wherein, the sequence as shown in positions 3-332 of SEQ ID NO:12encodes FKBP as shown in SEQ ID NO: 11.

The DNA fragment between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI ofthe pRSFDuet-1-mCherry of Example 1 was replaced with the DNA moleculeas shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-mCherry-FRB, and the pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-FRB was capable ofexpressing a fusion protein of mCherry and FRB as shown in SEQ ID NO: 13(i.e., reagent C, which was denoted as mCherry-FRB and contained aHis-tag).

Wherein, the sequence as shown in positions 3-293 of SEQ ID NO: 14encodes FRB as shown in SEQ ID NO: 13.

II. Expression and Purification of Fusion Proteins

According to the method of step I in Example 1, pRSFDuet-1-SGS-FKBP andpRSFDuet-1-mCherry-FRB were introduced into E. coli competent cells BL21(DE3), respectively, and then expression and purification of SGS-FKBPand mCherry-FRB were performed to obtain a solution of SGS-FKBP and asolution of mCherry-FRB both in KMEI buffer.

III. Effect of Rapamycin on Interaction Between FKBP and FRB

The method of the present invention was used to verify the effect ofrapamycin on the interaction between FKBP and FRB according to thefollowing systems, and ampicillin was used as a control:

the solutions of SGS-FKBP, mCherry-FRB, His-SGP and ampicillin weremixed, and then 20 μL of the resulting mixture was transferred to a384-microwell plate to obtain an ampicillin control system and theconcentrations of SGS-FKBP, mCherry-FRB, His-SGP and ampicillin in theampicillin control system were all 1 LM;

According to the above system, the solutions of SGS-FKBP, mCherry-FRB,His-SGP and rapamycin were mixed, and then 20 μL of the resultingmixture was transferred into a 384-microwell plate. Differentconcentrations of rapamycin were set to obtain experimental systems withdifferent concentrations of rapamycin. The concentration of rapamycin ineach experimental system was 0 (i.e., KMEI buffer), 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8,and 1.0 μM, one concentration per well, and in each experimental system,the concentrations of SGS-FKBP, mCherry-FRB and His-SGP were all 1 μM.

Each of the above systems was subjected to static incubation at 4° C.until the phase transition droplets in the systems in which phasetransitions occurred completely settled to the bottom of the well plate,and the image of each system was collected using a confocal high-contentimaging microscope and the intensity of the red fluorescence signal inthe phase transition droplets in each well plate was counted andanalyzed. The results (FIG. 3) showed that in each rapamycin-addedsystem, the red fluorescence signal in the phase transition droplets wassignificantly stronger than that in the system containing ampicillin butno rapamycin and the intensity of the red fluorescence signal in thephase transition droplets increased with the increase of rapamycinconcentration. It indicated that ampicillin does not affect theinteraction between FRB and FKBP, rapamycin can promote the interactionbetween FRB and FKBP, and the promotion effect has dose effect, which isconsistent with the known rapamycin's promoting effect on theinteraction between FKBP and FRB. It shows that the effects ofregulatory factors on the interaction between FRB and FKBP can bedetected using SGS-FKBP, mCherry-FRB and His-SGP.

Example 3 provides a reagent set for detecting interactions between abiomolecule X and a biomolecule X_(L), and the reagent set consists offour reagents named A, B. E and D, respectively;

the reagent A is formed by connecting a biomolecule named R and aprotein named X, the biomolecule R is a polymer formed by R monomers,all the R monomers are the same, each monomer contains a mr monomer, afluorescent reporter group named YI, a binding region 1 or a biomoleculecontaining binding region 1, and the parts of each monomer are connectedby a linking region or a chemical bond, wherein two or more mr monomerscan form a polymer;the reagent B contains a biomolecule named L, the biomolecule L is apolymer formed by L monomers, all the L monomers are the same, eachmonomer contains a monomer ml, a fluorescent reporter group named BING,a binding region 2 or a biomolecule containing binding domain 2, and theparts of each monomer are connected by a linking region or a chemicalbond, wherein two or more m1 monomers can form a polymer:the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L are the same or different andthere is an interaction between the two; the interaction between thebiomolecule R and the biomolecule L is carried out by the binding region1 of the biomolecule R and the binding region 2 of the biomolecule L,the number of the binding region 1 in the biomolecule R and the numberof the binding region 2 in the biomolecule L are both greater than orequal to 2, and a phase transition occurs when the biomolecule Rinteracts with the biomolecule L;the reagent E is a polymer formed by E monomers, and the E monomer isformed by connecting a monomer named mc, a fluorescent reporter groupnamed JIA and a biomolecule named Y_(C), wherein two or more mc monomerscan form a polymer;the reagent D is formed by connecting a post-translationally modifiedprotein named X_(L) and a biomolecule named Y_(D):there is an interaction between the biomolecule Y_(C) and thebiomolecule Y_(D).

The following uses the biomolecules R and L (both being proteins) asexamples to illustrate the use of the reagent set of the presentinvention for detecting the interaction between a methylated protein andits ligand. Specifically, the mr monomer and m1 the monomer are bothSmF, the fluorescent reporter group YI and the fluorescent reportergroup BING are both GFP, the biomolecule containing binding region 1 isSH3, the biomolecule containing binding region 2 is PRMH, the fusionprotein of SmF, GFP and SH3 is denoted as SGS (i.e., R monomer), thefusion protein of SmF, GFP and PRMH is denoted as SGP (i.e., L monomer),the mc monomer is Hfq, the fluorescent reporter group JIA is mCherry,the biomolecule Yc is PDZ with the sequence as shown in positions362-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19; Hfq, mCherry and PDZ are fused to obtain the Emonomer; Y_(D) is KKETPV (as shown in positions 22-29 of SEQ ID NO: 23).

Example 3. Verification of Interaction Between H3K9Me3 and CD

In this example, the biomolecule X_(L) is H3K9me3, the biomolecule X isCD, and there is an interaction between the H3K9me3 and CD.

I. Preparation of Recombinant Vectors

1. Recombinant Vector Expressing Fusion Protein of SGS and CD

The preparation of the pRSFDuet-1-SGS was the same as step I in Example1.

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1-SGSwas replaced with the DNA molecule as shown in positions 1-212 of SEQ IDNO: 18 in the Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-SGS-CD, and the pRSFDuet-1-SGS-CD was capable of expressing afusion protein (denoted as SGS-CD) of His-SGS as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1and CD as shown in SEQ ID NO: 17 in the Sequence Listing.

Wherein, the sequence as shown in positions 9-203 of SEQ ID NO: 18encodes CD as shown in SEQ ID NO: 17. SGS-CD can form tetradecamerthrough the action of SmF.

2. Recombinant Vector Expressing SGP

The preparation of the pRSFDuet-1-SGP was the same as step I in Example1.

3. Recombinant Vector Expressing E Monomer (Hfq-mCherry-PDZ)

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI)between the recognition sequences of NcoI and XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1vector was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown in SEQ ID NO: 20 inthe Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ, and the pRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ wascapable of expressing the protein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19 (a fusionprotein formed by Hfq, mCherry, PDZ, and His-tag, denoted asHfq-mCherry-PDZ).

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 3-1397 of SEQ ID NO: 20encodes Hfq-mCherry-PDZ as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19, the sequence as shownin positions 3-8 of SEQ ID NO: 19 is the amino acid sequence of His-tag,the sequence as shown in positions 17-94 of SEQ ID NO: 19 is the aminoacid sequence of Hfq, the sequence as shown in positions 101-340 of SEQID NO: 19 is the amino acid sequence of mCherry, the sequence as shownin positions 362-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19 is the amino acid sequence of PDZ,and the sequences as shown in positions 95-100 and 341-361 of SEQ ID NO:19 are the amino acid sequences of the linker region.

Hfq-mCherry-PDZ can form hexamer through the action of Hfq.

Preparation of a recombinant vector expressing a fusion proteincontaining no Hfq: the DNA fragment (containing the recognitionsequences of NcoI and XhoI) between the recognition sequences of NcoIand XhoI of the pRSFDuet-1 vector was replaced with the DNA molecule asshown in positions 11-1143 of SEQ ID NO: 22 in the Sequence Listing toobtain a recombinant vector pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-PDZ, and thepRSFDuet-1-mCherry-PDZ was capable of expressing the protein as shown inSEQ ID NO: 21 (the fusion protein formed by mCherry, PDZ and His-tag,denoted as mCherry-PDZ, as a control below).

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 13-1134 of SEQ ID NO: 22encodes mCherry-PDZ as shown in SEQ ID NO: 21; the sequence as shown inpositions 3-8 of SEQ ID NO: 21 is the amino acid sequence of His-tag,the sequence as shown in positions 17-256 of SEQ ID NO: 21 is the aminoacid sequence of mCherry, the sequence as shown in positions 271-374 ofSEQ ID NO: 21 is the amino acid sequence of PDZ, and the sequence asshown in positions 257-270 of SEQ ID NO: 21 is the amino acid sequenceof the linker region.

4. Preparation of Reagent D

The reagent D formed by connecting a protein X_(L) and a biomoleculeY_(D) was chemically synthesized and the reagent D was a methylatedprotein obtained by trimethylating lysine at position 4 of H3K9-KKETPVas shown in SEQ ID NO: 23 in the Sequence Listing and was denoted asH3K9me3-KKETPV. The sequence of H3K9me3-KKETPV is as follows: ARTK (Me)3QTARGGSGGSGGSWGGSKKETPVAV.

II. Expression and Purification of Fusion Proteins

The pRSFDuet-1-SGS, pRSFDuet-1-SGS-CD, pRSFDuet-1-SGP,pRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ and pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-PDZ vectors obtainedin step I were respectively introduced into E. coli competent cells BL21(DE3) (TIANGEN BIOTECH (BEIJING) CO., LTD) to obtain recombinant strainsBL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS-CD, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGP,BL21-pRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ and BL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-PDZ.

The fusion proteins containing His-tag expressed by the recombinantstrains BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS-CD,BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGP, BL21-pRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ andBL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-PDZ were purified, according to the followingmethod:

(1) Bacteria culture and protein induction expression: Each of the aboverecombinant strains was inoculated into 1 L LB medium, incubated at 37°C., 200 rpm to reach an OD600 of about 0.8-1 (about 8-9 hr); thebacterial culture was incubated at 18° C. for 1 hr for cooling and IPTGwas added to a final concentration of 0.5 mM to induce proteinexpression, then the culture was incubated overnight (about 16 hr), andthen the bacterial culture was obtained.(2) Suspension and lysis of bacteria: the bacterial culture obtained instep (1) was centrifuged, and the supernatant was discarded; thebacterial pellet was resuspended in 40 mL binding buffer (40 mM Tris-Cl,500 mM NaCl, pH 8.0 or 7.4) and sonicated; the lysate wasultracentrifuged at 20000 rpm for 1 hr and the supernatant (containingthe target fusion protein) was collected.(3) Ni column purification: a Ni column was prepared in advance andequilibrated with the binding buffer. The supernatant obtained in step(2) was loaded onto the Ni column; when the liquid was almost dry, thewash buffer was added to wash 2-3 column volumes, then the elutionbuffer was added to elute the target fusion protein, and the effluentwas collected.wash buffer: 40 mM Tris-HCl, 500 mM NaCl, 40 mM imidazole, pH was thesame as the binding buffer.elution buffer: 40 mM Tris-HC, 500 mM NaCl, 500 mM imidazole, pH was thesame as the binding buffer.(4) Ion exchange purification: based on the isoelectric point of theprotein, a suitable ion exchange column was selected; the effluentobtained in step (3) was diluted with 40 mM Tris-Cl buffer to reduce theion concentration to obtain a protein diluent; the ion exchange columnwas installed in the ATKA protein purification system (GE company) andthe protein diluent was loaded; the protein bound to the column waseluted by gradually increasing the salt ion concentration and the targetfusion protein was collected; the eluent used for the elution wascomposed of buffer A and buffer B, and the ratio between the two wasadjusted according to specific conditions: buffer A: 40 mM Tris-Cl, pHwas the same as the binding buffer; buffer B: 40 mM Tris-Cl, 2M NaCl, pHwas the same as the binding buffer.(5) Protein purification by gel filtration: the target fusion proteinobtained in step (4) was concentrated by ultrafiltration, and then wasseparated and purified by a preset gel filtration program to obtain afurther purified target fusion protein.

The KMEI buffer used for column equilibration and elution was composedof a solvent and solutes. The solvent was water and the solutes andtheir concentrations were: 150 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl₂, 1 mM EGTA, 10 mMimidazole, 1 mM DTT, pH=7.

(6) Detection and storage of purified proteins: His-SGS expressed byBL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS, SGS-CD expressed by the BL21-pRSFDuet-1-SGS-CD,His-SGP expressed by the pRSFDuet-1-SGP, Hfq-mCherry-PDZ expressed bythe BL21-pRSFDuet-1-Hfq-mCherry-PDZ, and mCherry-PDZ expressed by theBL21-pRSFDuet-1-mCherry-PDZ, which were obtained by the purification ofthe above step, were detected by SDS-PAGE. After the fusion proteinswere confirmed to have the expected sizes, the proteins wereconcentrated and frozen at −80° C. until use.

III. Detection of Interaction Between H3K9Me3 and CD

The solutions of His-SGS, SGS-CD, His-SGP, Hfq-mCherry-PDZ, mCherry-PDZ(as a control), H3K9me3-KKETPV and H3K9-KKETPV (as a control) obtainedin step 11 (all solvents being KMEI buffer) were respectively loadedinto a 384-microwell plate according to the systems as shown in Table 2,one system per well. The concentrations of His-SGS, SGS-CD, His-SGP,Hfq-mCherry-PDZ, mCherry-PDZ and the mixture of H3K9me3-KKETPV andH3K9-KKETPV in the corresponding systems were all 1 μM:

TABLE 2 Systems for detecting the interaction between H3K9me3 and CDSGS- His- His- mCherry- Hfq-mCherry- H3K9me3- H3K9- System CD SGS SGPPDZ PDZ KKETPV KKETPV 1 − + − − − − − 2 − − + − − − − 3 − + + − − − −4 + − + − − − − 5 − − − + − − − 6 − − − − + − − 7 + − + − − + − 8 + − +− + − − 9 + − + + − * 10 + − + + − * 11 + − + + − * 12 + − + + − * 13 +− + + − * 14 + − + + − * 15 + − + − + * 16 + − + − + * 17 + − + − + *18 + − + − + * 19 + − + − + * 20 + − + − + *

In Table 2, “+” represents that the substance is contained; “−”represents that the substance is not contained; “*” represents a mixtureof H3K9me3-KKETPV and H3K9-KKETPV. In the systems 9-14, the molarpercentages of H3K9me3-KKETPV in the mixture of H3K9me3-KKETPV andH3K9-KKETPV were 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0, respectively, and in thesystems 15-20, the molar percentages of H3K9me3-KKETPV in the mixture ofH3K9me3-KKETPV and H3K9-KKETPV were 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0,respectively.

Each of the above systems was subjected to a static incubation at 4° C.until the phase transition droplets in the systems in which phasetransitions occurred completely settled to the bottom of the well plate,and the images were collected using a confocal high-content imagingmicroscope. The result (panel Bin FIG. 4) showed that the solutions inthe system 1 and the system 2 had no change, and no fluorescence signalaccumulation area was found; the solutions in the system 3 and thesystem 4 both generated phase transition droplets, and the greenfluorescent signal (the fluorescent signal from GFP) was accumulated inthe phase transition droplets, and the signal intensity in the dropletswas much higher than the signal intensity in the solution (panel A inFIG. 4); the solutions in the system 5 and the system 6 had no change,and no fluorescence signal accumulation area was found; the solutions inthe system 7 and the system 8 both generated phase transition droplets,and the green fluorescence signal was accumulated in the phasetransition droplets, and the signal intensity in the droplets was muchhigher than the signal intensity in the solution, and at the same time,no red fluorescence signal accumulation was found in the droplets; thesystems 9-14 generated phase transition droplets, the green fluorescencesignal was accumulated in the phase transition droplets, and the signalintensity in the droplets was much higher than the signal intensity inthe solution and at the same time, no significant red fluorescencesignal accumulation was found in the droplets (FIG. 5); the systems15-20 generated phase transition droplets, the green fluorescence signalwas accumulated in the phase transition droplets, and the signalintensity in the droplets was much higher than the signal intensity inthe solution; at the same time, it was found that when the mixture wascompletely composed of H3K9-KKETPV (that is, when the molar percentageof H3K9me3-KKETPV in the mixture was 0), there was no significant redfluorescence (the fluorescence signal from mCherry) in the phasetransition droplets; however, with the proportion of H3K9me3 in themixture of H3K9me3 and H3K9 increased, the intensity of the redfluorescence signal in the phase transition droplets also increased;until the mixture was completely composed of H3K9me3-KKETPV (that is,when the molar percentage of H3K9me3-KKETPV in the mixture was 1.0), thered fluorescence signal intensity in the phase transition dropletsreached the highest (FIG. 5)

It shows that SGS can bind with SGP to generate phase transitiondroplets, and the phase transition droplets can be marked with afluorescent signal from GFP. In the system where mCherry-PDZ exists andHfq-mCherry-PDZ does not exist, no matter whether the system containsH3K9me3-KKETPV or H3K9-KKETPV, the red fluorescence signal cannot beaccumulated in the phase transition droplets in this system. In thesystem where mCherry-PDZ does not exist but Hfq-mCherry-PDZ exists, thecontent of H3K9me3 is positively correlated with the degree ofaccumulation of the red fluorescence signal in the phase transitiondroplets. It shows that CD in SGS-CD can recruit H3K9me3-KKETPV into thephase transition droplets through the interaction between CD andH3K9me3, and KKETPV in H3K9me3-KKETPV can further recruitHfq-mCherry-PDZ that emits a red fluorescent signal into the phasetransition droplets, so an accumulation of red fluorescence signal wasdetected in the phase transition droplets; if Hfq-mCherry-PDZ isreplaced with mCherry-PDZ, the accumulation of red fluorescence signalin the phase transition droplets is not obvious, indicating thathexavalent Hfq-mCherry-PDZ is more suitable for detecting theinteraction between CD and H3K9me3 than monovalent mCherry-PDZ.

In summary, the phase transition-based reagent set and multivalentrecruitment system of this example have the characteristics ofamplifying the interaction signal and improving the detectionsensitivity of the interaction between H3K9me3 and CD, thereby providinga simple and convenient method for the detection of the weak interactionbetween post-translationally modified proteins and their ligands.

Example 4. Intracellular Detection of Interaction Between P53 and MDM2and Effect of Inhibitor on it

In this example, the biomolecule X is P53, and the biomolecule X_(L) isMDM2.

I. Preparation of Recombinant Vectors

1. Recombinant Vector Expressing Fusion Protein of GFP and NUPN(N-Terminus of NUP98)

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NotI and XbaI)between the recognition sequences of NotI and XbaI of the pcDNA3.1vector was replaced with the DNA molecule shown in SEQ ID NO: 25 in theSequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vector pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN, andpcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN was capable of expressing the protein shown in SEQ IDNO: 24 (GFP fused with NUPN, denoted as GFP-NUPN).

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 9-2363 of SEQ ID NO: 25encodes GFP-NUPN shown in SEQ ID NO: 24, the sequence as shown inpositions 1-241 of SEQ ID NO: 24 is the amino acid sequence of GFP, thesequence as shown in positions 244-255 of SEQ ID NO: 24 is the aminoacid sequence of a (GGS)₄ linker peptide, the sequence as shown inpositions 258-772 of SEQ ID NO: 24 is the amino acid sequence of NUPN,and the sequence as shown in positions 773-784 of SEQ ID NO: 24 is theamino acid sequence of a (GGS)₄ linker peptide.

2. Recombinant Vector Expressing Fusion Protein of GFP-NUPN and P53

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of NotI and XbaI)between the recognition sequences NotI and XbaI of the pcDNA3.1 vectorwas replaced with the DNA molecule shown in SEQ ID NO: 27 in theSequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vector pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN-p53,and pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN-p53 was capable of expressing the protein as shownin SEQ ID NO: 26 (GFP fused with NUPN and p53, denoted as GFP-NUPN-p53).

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 9-2408 of SEQ ID NO: 27encodes GFP-NUPN-p53 as shown in SEQ ID NO: 26, the sequence as shown inpositions 1-241 of SEQ ID NO: 26 is the amino acid sequence of GFP, thesequence as shown in positions 244-255 of SEQ ID NO: 26 is the aminoacid sequence of a (GGS)₄ linker peptide, the sequence as shown inpositions 258-772 of SEQ ID NO: 26 is the amino acid sequence of NUPN,the sequence as shown in positions 773-784 of SEQ ID NO: 26 is the aminoacid sequence of a (GGS)₄ linker peptide, and the sequence as shown inpositions 785-799 of SEQ ID NO: 26 is the amino acid sequence of p53.

3. Recombinant Vector Expressing mCherry

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of Nod and XbaI)between the recognition sequences of NotI and XbaI of the pcDNA3.1vector was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown in positions 1-785 ofSEQ ID NO: 29 in the Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpcDNA3.1-mCherry, and pcDNA3.1-mCherry was capable of expressing theprotein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 28 (mCherry fused with a (GGS)₄ linkerpeptide, denoted as mCherry-GGS).

Wherein, the DNA molecule as shown in positions 9-785 of SEQ ID NO: 29encodes mCherry-GGS as shown in SEQ ID NO: 28, the sequence as shown inpositions 1-238 of SEQ ID NO: 28 is the amino acid sequence of mCherry,and the sequence as shown in positions 241-252 of SEQ ID NO: 28 is theamino acid sequence of a (GGS)₄ linker peptide.

4. Recombinant Vector Expressing Fusion Protein of mCherry and MDM2

The DNA fragment (containing the recognition sequences of XhoI and XbaI)between the recognition sequences of XhoI and XbaI of thepcDNA3.1-mCherry vector was replaced with the DNA molecule as shown inSEQ ID NO: 30 in the Sequence Listing to obtain a recombinant vectorpcDNA3.1-mCherry-MDM2, and the pcDNA3.1-mCherry-MDM2 was capable ofexpressing the fusion protein (denoted as mCherry-MDM2) of mCherry-GGSas shown in SEQ ID NO: 28 and MDM2 as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9.

II. Transfection of HEK293 Cells

Each recombinant vector obtained in step I was transfected (orco-transfected) into HEK293 cells (adherent culture) according to thefollowing combinations, and the transfection reagent Hifectin I (BeijingDinoao Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) was used, and the operation wasperformed according to the instruction of the reagent. The combinationsand the amount of the transfection vector(s) per 105 HEK293 cells wereas follows:

combination 1: pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN, the transfection dosage of the vectorwas 1 μg;combination 2: pcDNA3.1-mCherry, the transfection dosage of the vectorwas 1 μg;combination 3: pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN+pcDNA3.1-mCherry, the transfectiondosages of these two vectors were 0.5 μg and 0.5 μg, respectively;combination 4: pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN-P53, the transfection dosage of thevector was 1 μg;combination 5: pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN-P53+pcDNA3.1-mCherry, the transfectiondosages of these two vectors were 0.5 μg and 0.5 μg, respectively;combination 6: pcDNA3.1-mCherry-MDM2, the transfection dosage of thevector was 1 μg;combination 7: pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN+pcDNA3.1-mCherry-MDM2, the transfectiondosages of these two vectors were 0.5 μg and 0.5 μg, respectively;combination 8: pcDNA3.1-GFP-NUPN-P53+pcDNA3.1-mCherry-MDM2, thetransfection dosages of these two vectors were 0.5 μg and 0.5 μg,respectively.

III. Intracellular Detection of Interaction Between P53 and MDM2

The transfected cell lines obtained in step II were cultured for 24hours, and then images were collected using a laser-scanning confocalmicroscope. The results (FIG. 6) showed that in the systems 1 and 4which were respectively transfected with combinations 1 and 4, phasetransitions occurred in the cells, the green fluorescence signal(fluorescence signal from GFP) was accumulated in the second phaseproduced by the phase transition, and its signal intensity was muchhigher than the signal intensity of the non-phase transition part in thecell; in the systems 2 and 6 which were respectively transfected withcombinations 2 and 6, the red fluorescence signal (fluorescence signalfrom mCherry) was uniformly distributed in the cells, and there was noaccumulation; in the systems 3, 5 and 7 which were respectivelytransfected with combinations 3, 5 and 7, the phase transitions occurredin the cells, and the green fluorescence signal was accumulated in thesecond phase produced by the phase transition, and its signal intensitywas much higher than that of the non-phase transition part in the cell,but the red fluorescence signal was not accumulated; in the system 8which was transfected with combination 8, a phase transition occurred inthe cells, both the green fluorescence signal and the red fluorescencesignal were accumulated in the second phase produced by the phasetransition, and their signal intensity was much higher than that of thenon-phase transition part in the cell.

The above results show that NUPN can mediate the occurrence ofintracellular phase transitions, the second phase produced by the phasetransition can be marked by the fluorescence of GFP connected to NUPN;when NUPN, GFP and P53 are connected together, if MDM2 which caninteract with P53 is contained in cells, P53 can recruit MDM2 connectedwith mCherry into the second phase through the interaction with MDM2, sothat the red fluorescent signal is accumulated in the second phase.However, in the absence of P53 and/or MDM2, no accumulation of redfluorescence signal was detected. It shows that GFP-NUPN-P53 andmCherry-MDM2 can be used to co-transfect HEK293 cells to detect theintracellular interaction between P53 and MDM2.

IV. Validation of MI-773 Inhibiting Interaction Between P53 and MDM2

The compound MI-773, which is known to have an inhibitory effect on theinteraction between P53 and MDM2, was used to treat the system 8 in stepII, and its inhibitory effect on the interaction between P53 and MDM2 inthe cells was tested, and the unrelated compound GDC0152 was used as acontrol. MI-773 (system 9) or GDC0152 (system 10) was added to the cellline of system 8 to a final concentration of 5 μM, respectively, and thesame field of vision before and after treatment was acquired using alaser-scanning confocal microscope. The results (FIG. 7) showed thatMI-773 treatment had no significant effect on the phase transition inthe cells, the accumulation of the green fluorescent signal was stilldetected in the second phase, while the accumulation of the redfluorescent signal in the second phase disappeared and became uniformlydistributed. However, both the phase transition state of the cellsbefore and after GDC0152 treatment and the accumulation of the twofluorescent signals in the second phase did not change significantly. Itshows that GDC0152 does not affect the interaction between P53 and MDM2,and M1-773 can significantly inhibit the interaction between P53 andMDM2, verifying MI-773's inhibitory effect on the interaction betweenP53 and MDM2. The above results indicate that the effects of regulatoryfactors on the interaction between P53 and MDM2 can be identified byco-transfection of HEK293 cells with GFP-NUPN-P53 and mCherry-MDM2.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

The present invention first prepares a reagent set that can be used todetect the interaction between biomolecules based on the phasetransition, the biomolecule R in the reagent A can interact with thebiomolecule L in the reagent B to cause a phase transition to producephase transition droplets, wherein, one of the biomolecule R and thebiomolecule L is a multivalent molecule and one is the correspondingmultivalent ligand, the biomolecule X in the reagent A can recruit thereagent C into phase transition droplets through interacting with thebiomolecule X_(L) in the reagent C, and the fluorescence signal of thefluorescent reporter group JIA connected to the biomolecule X_(L) in thereagent C in the phase transition droplets is used to determine whetherthe biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) interact. In addition, byadding regulatory factors to the reaction system, the influence ofregulatory factors on the interaction between the biomolecule X and thebiomolecule X_(L) can be determined, and furthermore, the screening ofthe regulatory factors for interaction between biomolecules can beconducted.

The present invention converts microscopic protein interactions andtheir biochemical processes such as interaction regulation intointuitive fluorescence signal intensity changes with high visibility;the operation process is simple and easy and the cost is low; since theconcentration of phase transition protein is close to the proteinconcentration in human body, it can simulate the real life environmentto the most extent; in addition, this method has the characteristics ofhigh sensitivity and wide applicability, which provides a new idea andmethod for high-throughput screening of regulatory factors for proteininteraction.

Besides, in the present invention, the reagent sets for detecting theinteraction between the post-translationally modified protein and itsligand, and the multivalent recruitment systems based on the abovereagent sets utilize the phase transition mechanism to realize thehigh-level enrichment of the proteins and their ligands into the phasetransition droplets, which could significantly amplifies the originalweak interaction signal and thus makes it easy to detect. The reagentsets and the multivalent recruitment systems of the present inventioncan be used to detect interactions between proteins and their ligands,especially weak interactions, and can also be used to identify whether aprotein has a certain kind of enzyme activity involved in a thepost-translational modification, such as the kinase activitycorresponding to the phosphorylation and the methyltransferase activitycorresponding to the methylation, and can also be used to identifyregulators that can regulate the above enzyme activity.

Further, the method for detecting intracellular biomolecularinteractions of the present invention can be used to detectintracellular biomolecular interactions, and this method can be used tofurther screen regulatory factors that affect the interaction betweenbiomolecule pairs known to have interactions. The method of the presentinvention has the advantages of simple operation, high sensitivity, lowcost and wide applicability, and is suitable for screening regulators ofsignal pathways, and can also be applied to high-throughput screeningfor regulatory factors for interactions between biomolecules.

What is claimed is:
 1. A reagent set, which is reagent set I or reagentset II, as follows: reagent set I, consisting of three reagents named A,B and C, respectively; the reagent A is formed by connecting abiomolecule named R and a biomolecule named X; the reagent B contains abiomolecule named L; the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L are thesame or different and there is an interaction between the two, and aphase transition occurs after the biomolecule R and the biomolecule Linteract; the reagent C is formed by connecting a reporter group namedJIA with a biomolecule named X_(L); the biomolecule X is a protein, anucleic acid, or a polysaccharide; the biomolecule X_(L) is a protein, anucleic acid, or a polysaccharide; reagent set II, consisting of fourreagents named A, B, E and D, respectively; the reagent A is formed byconnecting a biomolecule named R and a biomolecule named X; thebiomolecule X is a protein; the reagent B contains a biomolecule namedL; the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L are the same or different andthere is an interaction between the two, and a phase transition occurswhen the biomolecule R and the biomolecule L interact; the reagent E isa polymer formed by E monomers, and the E monomer is the following c1)or c2): c1) a molecule obtained by connecting a monomer named mc, areporter group named JIA, and a biomolecule named Y_(C), two or more mcmonomers can form a polymer; c2) a molecule obtained by ligating a tagto c1); the reagent D is formed by connecting a modified protein namedX_(L) and a biomolecule named Y_(D); there is an interaction between thebiomolecule Y_(C) and the biomolecule Y_(D).
 2. The reagent setaccording to claim 1, wherein in the reagent set I, it is unknownwhether there is an interaction between the biomolecule X and thebiomolecule X_(L), and the reagent set is used to detect or assist indetecting whether there is an interaction between the biomolecule X andthe biomolecule X_(L).
 3. The reagent set according to claim 1, whereinin the reagent set I, there is an interaction between the biomolecule Xand the biomolecule X_(L), and the reagent set is used to identify orassist in identifying a regulatory factor for the interaction betweenthe biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L).
 4. (canceled)
 5. Thereagent set according to claim 1, wherein in the reagent set II, boththe biomolecule Y_(C) and the biomolecule Y_(D) are proteins.
 6. Thereagent set according to claim 1, wherein in the reagent set II, thebiomolecule Y_(C) is the following Y11), Y12) or Y13): Y11) a proteinhaving the amino acid sequence as shown in positions 362-465 of SEQ IDNO: 19; Y12) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/oraddition of one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequenceas shown in positions 362-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19 in the Sequence Listingand having the same function; Y13) a fusion protein obtained by ligatingtag(s) to the N-terminus or/and C-terminus of Y11) or Y12); and/or, thebiomolecule Y_(D) is the following Y21), Y22) or Y23): Y21) a proteinhaving the amino acid sequence as shown in positions 22-29 of SEQ ID NO:23; Y22) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/oraddition of one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequenceas shown in positions 22-29 of SEQ ID NO: 23 in the Sequence Listing andhaving the same function; Y23) a fusion protein obtained by ligatingtag(s) to the N-terminus or/and C-terminus of Y21) or Y22).
 7. Thereagent set according to claim 1, wherein in both reagent set I andreagent set II, the biomolecule R contains a binding region namedbinding region 1; and the biomolecule L contains a binding region namedbinding region 2; and the interaction between the biomolecule R and thebiomolecule L is realized by the binding region 1 and the binding region2, and both the number of the binding region 1 in the biomolecule R andthe number of the binding region 2 in the biomolecule L is greater thanor equal to
 2. 8. The reagent set according to claim 1, wherein thebiomolecule R is a protein, a nucleic acid, or a polysaccharide; and/or,the biomolecule L is a protein, a nucleic acid, or a polysaccharide. 9.The reagent set according to claim 1, wherein in both reagent set I andreagent set II, the reagent A is further connected with a reportinggroup named YI; and/or, the reagent B is further connected with a reportGroup named BING.
 10. The reagent set according to claim 9, wherein inboth reagent set I and reagent set II, the report Group YI and thereport Group BING are the same or different; and/or, the report GroupJIA is different from the report Group YI and the report Group BING. 11.(canceled)
 12. The reagent set according to claim 1, wherein in bothreagent set I and reagent set II, the ratio of the number of thebiomolecule X to the number of the biomolecule R in the reagent A is aninteger greater than or equal to
 1. 13. The reagent set according toclaim 1, wherein in both reagent set I and reagent set II, thebiomolecule R is a polymer formed by R monomers, and each R monomercontains a monomer named mr, and two or more mr monomers can form apolymer; and/or, the biomolecule L is a polymer formed by L monomers,and each monomer L contains a monomer named ml, and two or more mlmonomers can form a polymer; the mc monomer, the mr monomer and the mlmonomer are the same or at least two of them are the same or they aredifferent from each other.
 14. The reagent set according to claim 13,wherein in both reagent set I and reagent set II, at least one monomerin the biomolecule R contains the binding region 1; and/or, at least onemonomer in the biomolecule L contains the binding region
 2. 15. Thereagent set according to claim 13, wherein in both reagent set I andreagent set II, each R monomer contains the mr monomer and the bindingregion 1; and/or, each L monomer contains the ml monomer and the bindingregion
 2. 16. The reagent set according to claim 15, wherein in bothreagent set I and reagent set II, in the R monomer, the mr monomer andthe binding region 1 or a biomolecule containing the binding region 1are connected through a linking region or a chemical bond; and/or, inthe L monomer, the monomer ml and the binding region 2 or a biomoleculecontaining the binding region 2 are connected through a linking regionor a chemical bond.
 17. The reagent set according to claim 16, whereinin both reagent set I and reagent set II, each R monomer furthercontains the reporter group YI; and/or, each L monomer further containsthe reporter group BING.
 18. The reagent set according to claim 17,wherein in both reagent set I and reagent set II, in the R monomer, themr monomer, the reporter group YI, and the binding region 1 or abiomolecule containing the binding region 1 are connected through alinking region or a chemical bond; and/or, in the L monomer, the mlmonomer, the reporter group BING, and the binding region 2 or abiomolecule containing the binding region 2 are connected through alinking region or a chemical bond.
 19. The reagent set according toclaim 18, wherein in both reagent set I and reagent set II, all the Rmonomers are the same, all the L monomers are the same, and all the Emonomers are the same; and/or, Both the mr monomer and the ml monomerare yeast protein SmF; and/or, the mc is monomer is Bacillus subtilisprotein Hfq; and/or, the binding region 1 is a region in SH3 as shown inpositions 364-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1 that binds to PRMH as shown inpositions 366-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5; the binding region 2 is a region inPRMH as shown in positions 366-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5 that binds to SH3 asshown in positions 364-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and/or, the linking regionis (Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n) or a polypeptide containing (Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n), andn is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; and/or, the reportergroup JIA is a red fluorescent protein; and/or, the reporter group YIand the reporter group BING are green fluorescent protein.
 20. Thereagent set according to claim 19, wherein in both reagent set I andreagent set II, both the mr monomer and the ml monomer are yeast SmF asshown in positions 17-102 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and/or, the mc monomer is Hfqas shown in positions 17-94 of SEQ ID NO: 19; and/or, the biomoleculecontaining the binding region 1 is SH3 as shown in positions 364-431 ofSEQ ID NO: 1; and/or, the biomolecule containing the binding region 2 isPRMH as shown in positions 366-380 of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 21-44. (canceled)45. The reagent set according to claim 20, wherein in both reagent set Iand reagent set II, the R monomer is the following H1) or H2) or H3):H1) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions17-431 of SEQ ID NO: 1; H2) a protein obtained by substitution and/ordeletion and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues in the aminoacid sequence as shown in positions 17-341 of SEQ ID NO: 1 in theSequence Listing and having the same function; H3) a fusion proteinobtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminus or/and C-terminus of H1)or H2); and/or, the L monomer is the following I1) or I2) or I3): I1) aprotein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions 17-380 ofSEQ ID NO: 5; I2) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletionand/or addition of one or more amino acid residues in the amino acidsequence as shown in positions 17-380 of SEQ ID NO: 5 in the SequenceListing and having the same function; I3) a fusion protein obtained byligating tag(s) to the N-terminus or/and C-terminus of I1) or I2);and/or the E monomer is the following J1) or J2) or J3): J1) a proteinhaving the amino acid sequence as shown in positions 17-465 of SEQ IDNO: 19; J2) a protein obtained by substitution and/or deletion and/oraddition of one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequenceas shown in positions 17-465 of SEQ ID NO: 19 in the Sequence Listingand having the same function; J3) a fusion protein obtained by ligatingtag(s) to the N-terminus or/and C-terminus of J1) or J2).
 46. A reagentset, consisting of the following X1) and X2) or consisting of thefollowing X1), X2), X3) and X4): X1) a biological material related tothe R monomer in claim 1, which is any one of the following X11) toX14): X11) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the R monomer in claim 1;X12) an expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX11); X13) a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule ofX11), or a recombinant vector containing the expression cassette ofX12); X14) a recombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acidmolecule of X11), or a recombinant microorganism containing theexpression cassette of X12), or a recombinant microorganism containingthe recombinant vector of X13); X2) a biological material related to theL monomer in claim 1, which is any one of the following X21) to X24):X21) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the L monomer in claim 1; X22) anexpression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule of X21); X23) arecombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule of X21), or arecombinant vector containing the expression cassette of X22); X24) arecombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule of X21),or a recombinant microorganism containing the expression cassette ofX22), or a recombinant microorganism containing the recombinant vectorof X23). X3) a biological material related to the E monomer in claim 1,which is any one of the following X31) to X34): X31) a nucleic acidmolecule encoding the E monomer in claim 1; X32) an expression cassettecontaining the nucleic acid molecule of X31); X33) a recombinant vectorcontaining the nucleic acid molecule of X31), or a recombinant vectorcontaining the expression cassette of X32); X34) a recombinantmicroorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule of X31), or arecombinant microorganism containing the expression cassette of X32), ora recombinant microorganism containing the recombinant vector of X33).X4) a biological material related to the biomolecule Y_(D) in claim 1,which is any one of the following X41) to X44): X41) a nucleic acidmolecule encoding the biomolecule Y_(D) in claim 1; X42) an expressioncassette containing the nucleic acid molecule of X41); X43) arecombinant vector containing the nucleic acid molecule of X41), or arecombinant vector containing the expression cassette of X42); X44) arecombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule of X41),or a recombinant microorganism containing the expression cassette ofX42), or a recombinant microorganism containing the recombinant vectorof X43).
 47. The reagent set according to claim 46, wherein the nucleicacid molecule of X11) is the following x11) or x12) or x13): x11) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 62-1306 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing; x12) a cDNAmolecule or a genomic DNA molecule having 75% or more identity with thenucleotide sequence defined by x11) and encoding the R monomer is yeastprotein SmF; x13) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule hybridizingto the nucleotide sequence defined by x11) under stringent conditionsand encoding the R monomer is yeast protein SmF; and/or, the nucleicacid molecule of X21) is the following x21) or x22) or x23): x21) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 62-1153 of SEQ ID NO: 6 in the Sequence Listing; x22) a cDNAmolecule or a genomic DNA molecule having 75% or more identity with thenucleotide sequence defined by x21) and encoding the L monomer is yeastprotein SmF; x23) a cDNA molecule or a genomic DNA molecule hybridizingto the nucleotide sequence defined by x21) under stringent conditionsand encoding the L monomer is yeast protein SmF; and/or the nucleic acidmolecule of X31) is the following x31) or x32) or x33): x31) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 51-1400 of SEQ ID NO: 20 in the Sequence Listing; x32) a cDNAmolecule or a genomic DNA molecule having 75% or more identity with thenucleotide sequence defined by x31) and encoding the E monomer, and theE monomer is the following c1) or c2): c1) a molecule obtained byconnecting a monomer named mc, a reporter group named JIA, and abiomolecule named Y_(C), two or more mc monomers can form a polymer; c2)a molecule obtained by ligating a tag to c1); x33) a cDNA molecule or agenomic DNA molecule hybridizing to the nucleotide sequence defined byx31) under stringent conditions and encoding the E monomer, and the Emonomer is the following c1) or c2); c1) a molecule obtained byconnecting a monomer named mc, a reporter group named JIA, and abiomolecule named Y_(C), two or more mc monomers can form a polymer; c2)a molecule obtained by ligating a tag to c1).
 48. The reagent setaccording to claim 1, wherein in the reagent set II, the modification isa protein post-translational modification or a de-modification ofprotein post-translational modification; further, the proteinpost-translational modification is methylation, acetylation,phosphorylation, ubiquitination or glycosylation modification; thede-modification of protein post-translational modification isdemethylation, deacetylation, dephosphorylation, deubiquitination ordeglycosylation.
 49. A method for detecting whether there is aninteraction between biomolecules, wherein the biomolecules are twobiomolecules named X and X_(L), respectively, and the method comprisesthe following steps: a solution to be tested is obtained by mixingsolution A, solution B and solution C; the solution A is a solutioncontaining the reagent A in claim 1; the solution B is a solutioncontaining the reagent B in claim 1; the solution C is a solutioncontaining the reagent C in claim 1; the biomolecule R in the reagent Aand the biomolecule L in the reagent B in the solution to be testedinteract to produce phase transition droplets; according to whetherthere is a signal of the reporter group JIA in the phase transitiondroplets in the solution to be tested, the interaction between thebiomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) is determined.
 50. The methodaccording to claim 49, wherein the biomolecule X_(L) is a modifiedprotein, and the biomolecule X is a protein, and the method comprisesthe following steps: a solution to be tested is obtained by mixingsolution A, solution B, solution E and solution D; the solution E is asolution containing the reagent E in claim 1; the solution D is asolution containing the reagent D in claim 1; the biomolecule R in thereagent A and the biomolecule L in the reagent B in the solution to betested interact to produce phase transition droplets; according towhether there is a signal of the reporter group JIA in the phasetransition droplets in the solution to be tested, the interactionbetween the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) is determined. 51.The method according to claim 50, wherein the modification is a proteinpost-translational modification or a de-modification of proteinpost-translational modification; further, the protein post-translationalmodification is methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation,ubiquitination or glycosylation modification; the de-modification ofprotein post-translational modification is demethylation, deacetylation,dephosphorylation, deubiquitination or deglycosylation.
 52. The methodaccording to claim 49, wherein the method is used for identifying aregulatory factor between biomolecules, wherein the biomolecules are twobiomolecules named X and X_(L), respectively and there is an interactionbetween the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L), and the methodcomprises the following steps: a solution to be tested is obtained bymixing solution A, solution B, solution C and a regulatory factor to betested; a control solution is obtained by mixing the solution A, thesolution B and the solution C; in the solution to be tested and thecontrol solution, the biomolecule R in the solution A and thebiomolecule L in the solution B interact to produce phase transitiondroplets; by comparing the signal intensity of the reporter group JIA inthe phase transition droplets in the solution to be tested with that inthe control solution, it is determined whether the regulatory factor tobe tested has a regulatory effect on the interaction between thebiomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L); the solution A is a solutioncontaining the reagent A in claim 1; the solution B is a solutioncontaining the reagent B in claim 1; the solution C is a solutioncontaining the reagent C in claim
 1. 53. The method according to claim52, wherein the method is used for detecting whether a protein has anenzyme activity involved in a protein post-translational modification.54. A method for detecting the interaction between biomolecules in acell, the biomolecules to be tested are named X and X_(L), thebiomolecule X is a protein, a nucleic acid or a polysaccharide, and thebiomolecule X_(L) is a protein, a nucleic acid or a polysaccharide, andthe method comprises U1) and U2): U1) connecting a biomolecule named Rand the biomolecule X to obtain a recombinant molecule named R—X; thebiomolecule R containing intrinsically disordered proteins/regions;connecting the biomolecule X_(L) and a reporter group named J to obtaina recombinant molecule named X_(L)-J; U2) introducing the recombinantmolecule R—X and the recombinant molecule X_(L)-J into a biological cellto obtain a recombinant cell, and detecting whether the signal of thereporter group J in the recombinant cell is accumulated in a secondphase formed by the intrinsically disordered proteins/regions todetermine whether there is an interaction between the biomolecule X andthe biomolecule X_(L); if the signal of the reporter group J isaccumulated in the second phase, the biomolecule X and the biomoleculeX_(L) have an interaction or are supposed to have an interaction; if thesignal of the reporter group J is not accumulated in the second phase,the biomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L) have no interaction or aresupposed to have no interaction.
 55. The method according to claim 54,wherein the method is used for identifying regulatory factors forinteractions between biomolecules in a cell, the biomolecules to betested are named X and X_(L), the biomolecule X is a protein, a nucleicacid or a polysaccharide, and the biomolecule X is a protein, a nucleicacid or a polysaccharide, and the method comprises V1) and V2): V1)connecting a biomolecule named R and the biomolecule X to obtain arecombinant molecule named R—X; the biomolecule R containingintrinsically disordered proteins/regions; connecting the biomoleculeX_(L) and a reporter group named J to obtain a recombinant moleculenamed X_(L)-J; V2) introducing the recombinant molecule R—X and therecombinant molecule X_(L)-J into a biological cell to obtain arecombinant cell; culturing the recombinant cell and adding a regulatoryfactor to be tested to the culture system of the recombinant cell toobtain a system to be tested; culturing the recombinant cell to obtain acontrol system; then detecting the signal intensity of the reportergroup J in the recombinant cell in a second phase formed by theintrinsically disordered proteins/regions in the system to be tested andthe control system to determine whether the regulatory factor to betested has a regulatory effect on the interaction between thebiomolecule X and the biomolecule X_(L): if the signal of the reportergroup J in the second phase in the system to be tested is stronger thanthe signal of the reporter group J in the second phase in the controlsystem, the regulatory factor to be tested has or is supposed to have apromoting effect on the interaction between the biomolecule X and thebiomolecule X_(L); if the signal intensity of the reporter group J inthe second phase in the system to be tested is the same as the signalintensity of the reporter group J in the second phase in the controlsystem, the regulatory factor to be tested has or is supposed to have noregulatory effect on the interaction between the biomolecule X and thebiomolecule X_(L); if the signal intensity of the reporter group J inthe second phase in the system to be tested is weaker than the signal ofthe reporter group J in the second phase in the control system, theregulatory factor to be tested has or is supposed to have an inhibitoryeffect on the interaction between the biomolecule X and the biomoleculeX_(L).
 56. The method according to claim 54, wherein the biomolecule Rcan further contain a reporter group named K, and the reporter group Kis different from the reporter group J.
 57. The method according toclaim 54, wherein the intrinsically disordered protein/region is thefollowing H1) or H2) or H3): H1) a protein having the amino acidsequence as shown in positions 258-772 of SEQ ID NO: 24; H2) a proteinobtained by substitution and/or deletion and/or addition of one or moreamino acid residues in the amino acid sequence as shown in positions258-772 of SEQ ID NO: 24 in the Sequence Listing and having the samefunction; H3) a fusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to theN-terminus or/and C-terminus of H1) or H2).
 58. The method according toclaim 54, wherein the reporter group K in the biomolecule R and theintrinsically disordered proteins/regions are connected through alinking region or a chemical bond; the biomolecule X_(L) and thereporter group J in the recombinant molecule X_(L)-J are connectedthrough a linking region or a chemical bond; and/or, the biomolecule Rand the biomolecule X in the recombinant molecule R—X are connectedthrough a linking region or a chemical bond.
 59. The method according toclaim 59, wherein the linking region is (Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n) or apolypeptide containing (Gly-Gly-Ser)_(n), and n is a natural numbergreater than or equal to
 2. 60. The method according to claim 54,wherein the biomolecule R is the following I1) or I2) or I3) or I4): I1)a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in positions 1-772 ofSEQ ID NO: 24; I2) a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown inpositions 1-784 of SEQ ID NO: 24; I3) a protein obtained by substitutionand/or deletion and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues inthe amino acid sequence as shown in positions 1-772 or 1-784 of SEQ IDNO: 24 in the Sequence Listing and having the same function; I4) afusion protein obtained by ligating tag(s) to the N-terminus or/andC-terminus of I1) or I2) or I3).
 61. The use according to claim 54,wherein the biological cell is an animal cell, a plant cell, or amicrobial cell.
 62. The biomolecule R in claim
 54. 63. A biologicalmaterial related to the biomolecule R in claim 63, and the biologicalmaterial is any one of the following M1) to M4): M1) a nucleic acidmolecule encoding the biomolecule R; M2) an expression cassettecontaining the nucleic acid molecule of M1); M3) a recombinant vectorcontaining the nucleic acid molecule of M1), or a recombinant vectorcontaining the expression cassette of M2); M4) a recombinantmicroorganism containing the nucleic acid molecule of M1), or arecombinant microorganism containing the expression cassette of M2), ora recombinant microorganism containing the recombinant vector of M3).64. The biological material according to claim 54, wherein the nucleicacid molecule of M1) is any one of the following m1)-m8): m1) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 780-2324 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing; m2) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 738-2324 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing; m3) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 9-2324 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing; m4) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 780-2360 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing; m5) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 738-2360 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing; m6) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having the encoding sequence as shown inpositions 9-2360 of SEQ ID NO: 25 in the Sequence Listing; m7) a cDNAmolecule or a DNA molecule having 75% or more identity with thenucleotide sequence defined by m1) or m2) or m3) or m4) or m5) or m6)and encoding the biomolecule R in claim 54; m8) a cDNA molecule or a DNAmolecule hybridizing to the nucleotide sequence defined by m1) or m2) orm3) or m4) or m5) or m6) under stringent conditions and encoding thebiomolecule R in claim 54.